Terrified passengers lept out of a plane’s emergency exit after flames began billowing from the aircraft’s engine right before takeoff.
One passenger noticed the fire and panicked, opening the emergency door while screaming to other travellers.
Dozens of spooked flyers followed suit, pushing and shoving their way to the exit on the Trigana Air plane.
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The Boeing 737-500 aircraft caught fire at Sentani Airport in Jayapura, Papua Province, Indonesia, today (5 Nov).
Flight IL237, bound for the town of Wamena, had 121 passengers on board at the time.
The flight was cancelled and two others were delayed due to the fire, as reported by Need To Know.
Airport security head Iptu Wajedi said: “When the exhaust gases hit for the first time, sometimes a fire breaks out.
“Seeing this, passengers were shocked and tried to escape from the fire.
“So everyone scattered from the plane in fear.
“All the passengers were able to get off the plane and are now in the waiting room.”
He added: “We are trying to find the identity of the passenger who was the first to say that the plane was on fire.”
Airport spokesperson Surya Eka said: “The Trigana Air plane with flight code IL237, a Boeing 737-500 from Sentani Airport in Jayapura to Wamena, was cancelled because a passenger suddenly opened the emergency door when he saw fire coming out of the plane’s engine.”
He said “four passengers were injured” due to the pushing and shoving to get off the plane.
The injured travellers were treated at the Health Quarantine Centre.
Eka added: “The incident caused the plane, which was supposed to carry 121 passengers to Wamena, to not take off.”
He said they are currently waiting for the National Transportation Safety Committee to carry out an investigation into the cause of the fire.
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