Kelud erupts

Kelud erupts

Last night , at around 22:50 pm , Kelud erupted . Residents around Kaweron , District Talun , Blitar , East Java , scrambled out of the house after the news shocked Kelud erupted because of its status from standby ( level III ) into Caution ( Level IV )

The smell of sulfur is spreading , slightly visible clouds of black clouds on the mountain ranges of the area with a radius of 15-20 kilometers , from the top of Kelud . Also hit a power pole pounding as a sign of danger .


Effects eruption located in Kediri it until it keYogyakarta . . Boom continues sound and feel to the slopes of Mount Merapi . Existing seismographs in the Central Investigation and Technology Development Geology Disaster Yogyakarta , vibration tremor recorded many times .

While in Malang also many who had fled to the area of Ganesha , Graha dynasty and semi Museum .

The rain of ash from the eruption of Mount Kelud in East Java province on Thursday ( 13/2 ) night also reach the area Ampenan Mataram City , West Nusa Tenggara ( NTB ) .

" Kelud eruption reached a height of 17 kilometers and dust carried by the wind to some areas , " said the head of the Meteorology , Climatology and Geophysics ( BMKG ) Andi Eka Sakya contacted from Medan, North Sumatra , on Friday.

Based on the analysis of BMKG , the layer of dust carried to 1,500 meters in the Northeast , at 5,000 meters layer toward the Northwest and in the 9,000 meters to the west .

This explains the reason Surabaya , Kediri , Solo and Yogyakarta also feel the rain of ash .

Kelud eruption on Thursday ( 13/2 ) at 23:30 pm as high as 17 miles and threw millions of cubic meters of volcanic ash and sand .

The ash and sand material floating around in the atmosphere and spread in areas far from Kelud .

Western regions are more prevalent rain of ash and sand as in Pacitan , Ponorogo , Winton , Bantul , Yogyakarta , Sleman , Kulon Progo , Purworedjo , Kebumen , Solo, Boyolali , Salatiga , Waterford and so are exposed to dust and sand later time .

Meanwhile, in the eastern part of the rain of ash to Malang , Surabaya , Banyuwangi and Ampenan NTB .

As a result of the eruption of 40 flights from Juanda Airport in Surabaya and some of Adisucipto Airport and Asi Soemarmo Solo Jogakarta delayed awaiting more favorable situation .

 Following the eruption of Mount Kelud on Thursday night ( 13/4 ) night , 56 Citilink flight frequency to and from the four airports in Central Java and East Java affected .

" We received notice to airmen such as the impact of the eruption of Mount Kelud , safety and aviation security remains the most important , " said CEO Citilink , Arif Wibowo , on Friday morning .

He uncovering the affected flight routes , namely 20 flights to and from Juanda International Airport ( Surabaya , East Java ) , two flights from the airport Adisumarmo ( Semarang , Central Java ) , three flights of Adisucipto Airport ( Yogyakarta ) , and one flight from the airport Abdulrahman Saleh ( Malang , East Java ) .

" Everything is multiplied by two , because it goes back to airports and their respective objectives . Also the landing and departure of our fleet at Halim International Airport to the affected towns were also affected , " said Wibowo .

Special airport Abdulrahman Saleh , he stated , "Recently we also received a notice to airmen that the airport could be closed temporarily operationalization . "

The entire fleet of aircraft wearing Citilink Airbus A - 320 , and he could not mention the potential loss due to changes in the schedule and operation following the eruption of Mount Kelud it .

" As a rule , if the flight can not be done then our flight service users may be asked for the transfer and flight to another airline or to reclaim money that ticket has been purchased . We are ready to serve , " said Wibowo .
Editor : Fitri Supratiwi

Business Semarang Ahmad Yani Airport temporarily closed starting Friday flight activities to avoid the impact of volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Kelud in East Java .

According to General Manager of PT Angkasa Pura I Ahmad Yani Airport in Semarang Priyo Jatmiko , after meeting with the manager of flight operators decided to shut down the airport starting Friday at 11:15 pm .

" We took a close decision due to impact hazard to aircraft engines , " he said about the impact of the ash rain Kelud .

He explains the volcanic ash does not affect visibility to the pilot , but it is feared could damage aircraft engines .

Airport management continues to coordinate with the Meteorology , Climatology and Geophysics Agency to monitor weather conditions due to the volcanic ash . Monitoring will be done until Saturday ( 15/2 ) at 07.00 pm .

He said the manager of the airport will reopen after conditions improved .

Before closing, there are four aircraft departing Jakarta goal from Ahmad Yani Airport . |.