Most of the South Korean travelers stranded by a volcanic eruption in Bali, Indonesia, have been safely brought home, the foreign ministry said Friday.
A chartered Asiana Airlines passenger carrier, which the South Korean foreign ministry sent to Juanda International Airport near Indonesia's Surabaya on Thursday, landed back at South Korea's Incheon International Airport early Friday morning, bringing home 266 travelers stranded after the volcano closed down airports on and around the Indonesian resort island, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The airport on Bali reportedly resumed operations on Thursday as volcanic ash from the eruption, which started last week, subsided.