How Qantas and other airlines decide whether to fly near volcanoes
- Written by Heather Handley, Associate Professor in Volcanology and Geochemistry, Macquarie University
Airlines will not fly when there is volcanic ash in the air above Bali's Mt Agung. Joe Le Merou/flickr, CC BY
Mount Agung volcano in Bali, Indonesia, has been erupting intermittently since November 2017. The volcano erupted six times in the last month and resulted in the cancellation and delay of some flights in and out of Bali’s Ngurah Rai...
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