Mayon ash clouds affect Legazpi Airport operations

Jacque Manabat, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Monday ordered the temporary suspension of operations at the Legazpi Airport due to massive ash clouds from Mayon Volcano.</p><p>In an advisory, CAAP Director General Jim Sydiongco said the airport would be temporarily closed starting 2:21 pm &quot;due to massive ash clouds brought about by the recent eruption of Mayon Volcano.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/22/18/alert-raised-more-evacuations-eyed-as-mayon-spews-ash">Read: Alert raised, more evacuations eyed as Mayon spews ash</a></li></ul><p>Alert level 4 was raised on Monday and the danger zone has been extended to an 8-kilometer radius. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Legazpi airport operations suspended at 2:21pm today until further notice due to massive ash clouds from Mayon Volcano: <a href="https://t.co/HDWLzGPFxE">pic.twitter.com/HDWLzGPFxE</a></p>— Jacque Manabat (@jacquemanabat) <a href="https://twitter.com/jacquemanabat/status/955351575278440449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 22, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>&quot;The public is strongly advised to be vigilant and desist from entering this danger zone. Civil aviation authorities must also advise pilots to avoid flying close to the volcano&#x27;s summit as ash from eruptions can be hazardous to aircraft,&quot; Phivolcs has said.</p><p>Officials said the number of evacuees could swell up to 80,000 from 27,000 since the alert level was raised one notch higher.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/life/01/18/18/photo-of-mayon-volcano-sparks-romance-in-social-media-users-hearts">Read:Photo of Mayon Volcano sparks romance in social media users&#x27; hearts</a></li></ul>

<p>The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Monday ordered the temporary suspension of operations at the Legazpi Airport due to massive ash clouds from Mayon Volcano.</p>

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Monday ordered the temporary suspension of operations at the Legazpi Airport due to massive ash clouds from Mayon Volcano.

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Mayon ash clouds affect Legazpi Airport operations

Mayon ash clouds affect Legazpi Airport operations

Jacque Manabat,

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Published Jan 22, 2018 05:51 PM PHT

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