Flight aborted after passenger claims engine caught fire in Papua


The passengers sustained injuries when they panicked and opened the emergency exit, running out onto the apron. - Antara

JAKARTA: A Trigana Air Boeing 737-500, carrying 121 passengers, was forced to abort its flight to Wamena on Tuesday (Nov 5) after a passenger's claim of an engine fire caused panic at Sentani Airport in Jayapura, Papua.

The incident occurred around 11.21am local time as the aircraft was taxiing toward the runway and the sight of flames led to a chaotic evacuation.

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