Airport closed due to smoke

Airport closed due to smoke

PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: The Tjilik Riwut airport
here was closed yesterday due to thick smoke, forcing the
cancellation of 16 scheduled flights.

The airport's chief administrator, Ichwanul Idrus, said it
would be closed indefinitely until visibility improved. He could
not predict how long flights to the province's biggest airport
would be suspended.

The source of the thick smoke remains a mystery since the
nearest forest fires in the area had been extinguished several
days earlier.

Several residents suspect the smoke could be coming from fires
in other provinces, Antara reported. (mds)