ndonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano blew once more this morning and blasted ash as much as 50,000 ft. (Screengrab/X/@nanana365media) A volcano in Indonesia has erupted greater than as soon as since Friday, sending ash as excessive as 50,000 ft into the sky and forcing the closure of eight airports throughout the nation, together with each of Jakarta’s primary airports. By Monday morning, the shutdown had affected round 170,000 passengers and led to the cancellation of greater than 1,550 flights, in response to Reuters.
The volcano, Anak Krakatau, sits within the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. It had proven indicators of exercise from Friday, then erupted for 30 seconds at 3:53am on Sunday, adopted by a second, shorter eruption about three hours later, Indonesia’s Geological Company stated.
🔴INDONESIA 🇮🇩| 🌋 Mount Anak Krakatau erupted on Sunday, September 6, sending round volcanic ash plumes as much as 50,000 ft. This eruption led to the short-term suspension of flight operations at Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta Worldwide Airport. Greater than 200 flights had been diverted. pic.twitter.com/kk9fx5Yb9X
— Nanana365 (@nanana365media) September 6, 2026
An additional eruption was recorded on Sunday night time at 8:23pm, in response to the volcano monitoring company’s web site. No deaths or accidents have been reported, and no evacuation order has been issued, although folks have been instructed to remain not less than 3 kilometres from the crater.
Which airports are closed, and for the way lengthy?
Airspace was shut round Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta and Halim Perdanakusuma airports, together with six others, together with Radin Inten II Airport in Lampung. All eight had been ordered closed till 8:59am on Monday, although Jakarta’s primary airport operator later stated on Instagram that Soekarno-Hatta would keep shut till 6pm native time. Companies at Bali’s primary airport and at Medan had been additionally disrupted.
Breaking : Recent footage of Mount Anak Krakatau shared by an area resident exhibits its present volcanic situation in Indonesia pic.twitter.com/GD96dFydd2
— World Updates (@Updatesofwworld) September 6, 2026
Indonesia’s transport minister, Dudy Purwagandhi, stated the scenario was nonetheless altering. “We can not verify when it will finish because of the dynamic climate,” he stated, Reuters experiences.
How a lot ash has the volcano despatched into the sky?
Two ash clouds have been tracked by satellite tv for pc. One reached about 20,000 ft and drifted over Jakarta, Banten and West Java. A second, bigger cloud reached round 50,000 ft and unfold over Banten, Lampung and Bengkulu provinces, the southern Sunda Strait, and a part of the Indian Ocean west of Sumatra, climate company BMKG stated.
Lana Saria, head of Indonesia’s Geological Company, stated exercise on the volcano has picked up since July, with Sunday’s eruption the strongest in that interval. She stated the sample factors to a gradual provide of magma and fuel beneath the volcano, although officers can not say whether or not an even bigger eruption will comply with. The monitoring company has additionally warned that additional eruptions stay possible within the coming interval.
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How are passengers and colleges being affected?
One stranded traveller, Spanish vacationer Diego Urdiales, had been as a consequence of fly dwelling to Madrid and stated he was nonetheless ready to listen to from his airline about rebooking. One other passenger, Michele Gouw, stated the disruption was merely one thing folks needed to settle for. “It’s a pure catastrophe, it’s a pressure majeure,” she stated, in response to AP.
Colleges in affected elements of Jakarta and Lampung have moved to on-line studying to maintain kids away from the ash, state information company Antara reported. The catastrophe company has additionally suggested folks to put on masks outdoor.
What are airways telling passengers?
Singapore Airways stated on social media that it had cancelled ten flights between Singapore and Jakarta on 6 and seven September due to the eruption, warning that different flights on the route may be affected because the scenario remained fluid. The airline stated passengers who booked straight with it may use its on-line kind to rebook or ask for a refund, whereas those that booked via a journey agent or one other airline ought to contact them straight. “SIA apologises to all affected prospects for the inconvenience induced,” the airline stated in its publish.
Folks have a look at an data board as flights are disrupted because of the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau, at Soekarno-Hatta Worldwide Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia. (Photograph: AP)
Because of Anak Krakatau eruption, 6 to 7 September 2026 (native occasions)
| Flight | Route | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| SQ968 | Singapore to Jakarta | 6 Sep | 2155 |
| SQ951 | Jakarta to Singapore | 7 Sep | 0525 |
| SQ950 | Singapore to Jakarta | 7 Sep | 0620 |
| SQ952 | Singapore to Jakarta | 7 Sep | 0740 |
| SQ956 | Singapore to Jakarta | 7 Sep | 0905 |
| SQ953 | Jakarta to Singapore | 7 Sep | 0805 |
| SQ955 | Jakarta to Singapore | 7 Sep | 0925 |
| SQ957 | Jakarta to Singapore | 7 Sep | 1100 |
| SQ958 | Singapore to Jakarta | 7 Sep | 1235 |
| SQ959 | Jakarta to Singapore | 7 Sep | 1420 |
10 flights cancelled to date. Different Singapore-Indonesia flights might also be affected because the scenario stays fluid. Direct bookers can rebook or request a refund through SIA’s Help Request Type; these booked via an agent or accomplice airline ought to contact them straight.
Supply: Singapore Airways
In the meantime social media accounts reported that greater than 200 flights had been diverted from Soekarno-Hatta airport after the eruption, and that the World Meteorological Group had launched footage displaying smoke from Indonesian forest fires drifting into Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines.
BREAKING : The World Meteorological Group Launched a footage of smoke from Indonesian forest fires has crossed into Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines pic.twitter.com/fWNeRbfH8v
— World Updates (@Updatesofwworld) September 6, 2026
‘Ring of Hearth’
Anak Krakatau means “baby of Krakatau” and shaped from the location of the a lot bigger Krakatau volcano, whose 1883 eruption killed greater than 36,000 folks in a collection of tsunamis and cooled the worldwide local weather for years afterwards.
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In 2018, an eruption of Anak Krakatau triggered an underwater landslide that induced a part of its slope to break down, setting off a tsunami that killed not less than 430 folks in Sumatra and Java. Scientists stated the island was left a couple of quarter of its authentic dimension after that occasion.
Indonesia sits on the Pacific “Ring of Hearth”, a zone identified for frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
