The Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan, erupted several times in a row from May 15 to 16, with ash reaching up to 3,000 meters in the air. According to Japanese media reports, there are 25 in Kagoshima airport takeoff and landing flights canceled.
Comprehensive Japanese media reports, starting at 7:00 a.m. on May 15, Sakurajima volcano summit crater has occurred three times more than medium-sized eruptions, the third of which began at 10:45 a.m. and lasted for about 17 hours to 4:00 a.m. on May 16, 8:00 a.m. and then appeared to be the eruption of a huge volcanic rock had been scattered to the volcano's 7 station, that is, from the crater of the volcano, 600 to 900 meters away from the location.
Kagoshima airport operation was affected on May 15, from 5:00 p.m. that day, canceled 25 flights, leaving a large number of passengers to stay. Airline counters were flooded with ticket change and refund passengers, the scene was chaotic.
As a result of the canceled flights, a large number of passengers could only take buses back to Kagoshima Prefecture, so there were long lines at the airport bus station. The tourist information counter at the airport also received a large number of inquiries about hotels and transportation in the surrounding area.
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