Bad weather conditions on Wednesday resulted in the diversion of two Lion Air flights destined for Bali’s Ngurah Rai Airport.
The first flight, JT 32 Jakarta-Denpasar, with a 10 am takeoff time, was diverted to Surbaya’s East Juanda Airport to wait out the storm and safer conditions in Bali.
The second Lion Air flight, IW 1821 Kupang-Denpasar, at 10:50 am, was diverted to Lombok.
Normal flight activities resumed again in Bali at about 11:50 am, despite steady showers, according to Nusa Bali.
Ngurah Rai spokesman Awaluddin confirmed the news on Wednesday.
“It’s true, two flights were diverted due to bad weather today. One from Jakarta and one from Kupang. But now flights are back to normal,” Awaluddin said yesterday, as quoted by Nusa Bali.
The day before, two flights from Bali to two different cities in Flores, had to turn back around and were rescheduled because of weather conditions.
The weather this past week has been exceptionally stormy in Bali, as we’re right in the peak of rainy season, according to BMKG.
