Indonesia's Ile Lewotolok volcano erupts, forcing Wings Air flight to cancel landing


JAKARTA: The Ile Lewotolok volcano (pic) in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara erupted on Thursday (May 16), causing a flight to cancel its landing at Wunopito Airport, reported Xinhua.

A plane of Wings Air on the Kupang-Wunopito Lembata route with 40 passengers was supposed to land at the airport at 11am local time, but the pilot decided to return to the departure airport.

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