On 28 September 2018, Mutiara SIS Al-Jufrie Airport suffered severe damage during the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and was forced to close after large cracks, one of which was 500 metres long, formed in the runway. In addition, the airport's control tower collapsed, and navigation systems were also extensively damaged. Anthonius Gunawan Agung, an ATC officer who had been directing a Batik Air flight 6231 (the last flight out of the day at the airport) take-off at the time of the earthquake was fatally injured after falling from the ATC tower and died in the following hours. The airport opened with limited services the following day.