From the Sunda Strait, where the earth has long refused to be still, Mount Anak Krakatau sent its ash drifting eastward over the weekend, reaching Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta airport by Sunday morning and bringing one of Southeast Asia's busiest aviation hubs to a temporary halt. Thirty-three flights — domestic and international alike — were grounded as authorities suspended all operations until mid-morning, a precaution born not of panic but of the hard knowledge that volcanic ash and aircraft engines do not coexist. Indonesia, a nation draped across one of the planet's most restless geological
Jakarta airport suspends all flights as Mount Anak Krakatau ash spreads
33 flights suspended affecting passengers, though no casualties or displacement reported in the source.