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THAI Reschedules Flight To Bali Due To Mount Rinjani Ash Fall
4th Nov 2015
Thai Airways International (THAI) was forced to reschedule a flight towards Bali's Ngurah Rai International airport due to ash fall coming from Mount Rinjani.
According to Charamporn Jotikasthira, THAI president, Flight TG432 was supposed to take off from Suvarnabhumi airport at 8:50am on Thursday to fly towards Ngurah Rai International airport in Indonesia. However, due to ash fall which has clouded the area, departure time was moved to 10am.
Ngurah Rai airport management decided to close the airport as volcanic ash was seen coming from Mount Rinjani early Thursday. This triggered THAI to postpone its Bali flight for about one hour.
Mount Rinjani is one of Indonesia's active volcanoes. According to Yulfiadi, an airport official, winds pushed volcanic ash in Bali's direction. A blanket of ash which affected visibility in the Bali area, making it difficult for aircrafts to fly in safely. THAI conducts regular flights to Bali five times a week.
The ashfall resulted to many cancelled flights. According to airport official, Trikora Harjo, close to 700 flights were cancelled middle of the week. Of this number, 320 were bound for regions outside of Indonesia.
At the Ngurah Rai airport, a lot of passengers affected by the rescheduling had to sleep in waiting areas. Harjo assured that despite this occurrence, all went well at the airport.
According to Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, representative of National Disaster Management Agency, Mount Rinjani exhibited volcanic activity, emitting ash of up to 1,500 meters high.
Indonesia is one of the regions within the pacific ring of fire thus, it is prone to volcanic eruptions that worsens air traffic.
Aviation experts say that apart from poor visibility, volcanic eruptions could seriously affect aircraft performance and can even force engines to shut down.
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