Mount Semeru eruption, flights to Surabaya and Malang operate normally

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – AirNav Indonesia ensures that air traffic to Juanda Airport, Suarabaya, and Abdulrachman Saleh Airport, Malang, is normal after theEruption of Mount Semeru. Flights will not be interrupted until Sunday, December 4, 2022.

“Flight operations and air navigation services in Juanda Airport and Abdurrahman Saleh are operating normally,” Rosedi, General Secretary of AirNav Indonesia, said in his quoted statement Monday, December 5, 2022.

Read: Continuing eruption of Semeru, launch of hot clouds 13 kilometers away

Mount Semeru in Lumajang Regency, East Java, vomits hot clouds accompanied by fall. The eruption took place on Sunday at 02:46 WIB with a fall of 7 kilometers.

This eruption caused a number of eruption earthquakes until 06:00 WIB. AirNav has issued an ASHTAM warning number VAWR3537 for the areas affected by the eruption, namely Juanda Airport and Abdulrachman Saleh.

Staff at Surabaya and Malang branches, he said, are ready to anticipate further possibilities of an eruption. However, Rosedi ensured that all in-flight navigation conditions were safe.

“Based on the results of the coordination and the temporary on-site inspection, the condition of personnel, buildings and air navigation facilities is in a safe condition, including the runway for take-off/landing activities of planes,” Rosedi said.

Read: BNPB: 1,979 residents evacuated due to hot clouds falling from Semeru

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