{"id":61949,"date":"2026-09-06T01:41:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/indonesias-anak-krakatau-volcano-erupts-disrupts-flights\/06\/09\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T01:41:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:41:45","slug":"indonesias-anak-krakatau-volcano-erupts-disrupts-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/indonesias-anak-krakatau-volcano-erupts-disrupts-flights\/06\/09\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupts, disrupts flights"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano erupted on Sunday, cancelling flights at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport due to volcanic ash.<\/p>\n
Indonesian meteorological agency BMKG said the volcano had been erupting since Friday. It produced a “lava fountain” and booming sounds, according to the agency. Two new eruptions were recorded on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The volcano is located in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra.<\/p>\n
Ash had been identified as high as 6,000 metres on the Java side, with a plume of up to 15,000 metres on the Sumatra side, BMKG said.<\/p>\n
Soekarno-Hatta International airport said it had suspended flight operations until 1:30pm (06:30 GMT) due to “increased eruptive activity” of the volcano, which is about 150 kilometres away. More than 200 flights had been impacted.<\/p>\n
The volcano’s huge eruption in 2018 triggered a tsunami along the coasts of Sumatra and Java, killing 430 people, and caused it to lose much of its visible height.<\/p>\n
Anak Krakatau, which means Child of Kratakau, was created after the legendary eruption of Krakatau volcano in 1883, which killed an estimated 35,000 people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n