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Jakarta airport and four others near Indonesia’s capital reopen after volcanic ash disruption

The other four include a smaller Jakarta-area airport and Hussein Sastranegara in Bandung.

Stranded passengers waiting at a terminal as the Soekarno Hatta International Airport closed its operations due to the eruption of the Mount Anak Krakatau volcano, in Tangerang, on Sept 7.

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