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Eruption closes Bali airport again, causing more travel chaos

Flights resume after several hours on Sunday after ash cloud shifts

Published Sun, Jul 12, 2015 · 09:50 PM
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Denpasar, Indonesia

THE airport on the Indonesian resort island of Bali reopened on Sunday after an erupting volcano forced its closure for the second time in just a few days and caused fresh travel misery for stranded holidaymakers.

Mount Raung on Indonesia's main island of Java has been erupting for weeks, and on Thursday a cloud of drifting ash forced the closure of Bali airport and four others.

The airport on the resort island, a top holiday destination that attracts millions of foreign tourists every year, reopened two day…

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