Airport seems to be open again. Virgin saying they'll announce by 1300 local if they'll depart any from Denpasar - they must have some airframes/crew on the ground or are going to go up empty? JQ already scrubbed for the day and say there are no .
There would seem a big
PR opportunity for the airline that gets the media down to show the big a330/787 departing empty for the 'rescue'. Both VA & JQ should be able to do that without excessive extra disruption. You'd hazard a guess that Garuda and Air Asia are less likely to do so.
As for the ABC story - an absolute disgrace - I'm astounded they'd stoop to newscorp levels.
The overland route - possible but its festival time in Indonesia next week so the whole country is trying to get home at the moment. I also would be reluctant to take my family on some of the boats/roads/busses while I can sit in the beach drinking Bintang!