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The Independent
01-04-2025
- The Independent
Passengers left ‘angry and scared' after woman tries to force open emergency door at 30,000ft
An 'abusive' Jetstar passenger who attempted to open the emergency exit door was restrained by an off-duty police officer during a 'nightmare' flight to Australia on Monday (31 March). Flight JQ-34 from Denpasar Ngurah Rai International Airport to Melbourne was forced to return to Bali when an unidentified female passenger lifted the handle of a cabin door, triggering an alarm on the Airbus aircraft. A fellow passenger shared on Instagram: 'Just got off our Jetstar flight from Bali to home. Two hours in, a lady tried opening the emergency door because she wanted to get off mid-air. 'Absolutely nightmare. Had to turn around and land back in Bali for her to get arrested. 260 angry and scared passengers. Police escorted her off plane.' In a clip from the cabin, the captain told passengers: 'A lady down the back of the aircraft that tried to physically open the door and lifted the handle. We got a door warning at the front of the aircraft... the safest course of action was to come back here and return to land.' Australian reality star Brooke Jowett wrote on social media: 'Two hours into our flight, flight attendants start running, people start freaking out and we get told to put our seatbelts on immediately.' She added in an Instagram story that a fight between the woman and Jetstar staff had escalated 'because she wanted to sit in a different row and have a chair that could recline'. The Australian Survivor contestant said: 'One of the guys who was sitting in front of us was down near the toilets and he pulled her away from the door as she was trying to open it. 'He was an off-duty police officer so he saved the day, thank god for that.' Data from FlightAware shows that the aircraft departed Denpasar at 8.29pm local time, before making a U-turn over the Indian Ocean around an hour into the journey. According to the airline, the passenger was removed from the aircraft by the local authorities in Bali. Jetstar said in a statement: 'We had an aircraft return to Denpasar last night after a disruptive passenger attempted to open one of the aircraft doors and was abusive to our crew. 'The safety and welfare of our customers and crew is our top priority and we thank them for the way they responded to the situation. 'This sort of unacceptable behaviour will never be tolerated on our flights.' The airline added that customers travelling on the cancelled journey had been provided with an alternative flight.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Flight to Melbourne Forced to Turn Around After 'Disruptive' Passenger Tries to Open Plane Door Over Indian Ocean
A Jetstar plane flying from Bali, Indonesia, to Melbourne, Australia, was forced to turn around after a passenger tried to open the door. The aircraft, carrying around 200 passengers, took off from Denpasar Airport before returning after the 'disruptive' passenger attempted to open the plane door over an hour into the flight over the Indian Ocean on Monday, March 31, Jetstar announced. The airline said in a statement to PEOPLE, 'We had an aircraft return to Denpasar last night after a disruptive passenger attempted to open one of the aircraft doors and was abusive to our crew.' 'The safety and welfare of our customers and crew is our top priority and we thank them for the way they responded to the situation. This sort of unacceptable behavior will never be tolerated on our flights.' The passenger was removed from the aircraft by local authorities in Bali and the flight was canceled. The airline shared that the other passengers were provided an alternative flight. Related: United Airlines Flight to China Forced to Turn Around After Pilot Realizes He's Forgotten His Passport Flight tracking website Flight Radar 24 shows that the plane took off at 8:20 p.m. local time before it was diverted back to Denpasar Airport over an hour into the flight. Australian TV host Jacqueline Felgate, who was on the flight, posted a video on Instagram of the captain's message to passengers as the plane made its journey back to Bali. 'Earlier tonight, there was a lady down back at the aircraft that tried to physically open the door. She lifted the handle … we got a door warning in the front of the aircraft,' the captain said. '…For the safety of the aircraft, the possibility of the door opening also in flight … we don't know why [this happened] but unfortunately the safest course of action is to … return to land.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Related: Passenger Jet Forced to Make Diverted Landing After Pilot Reportedly Collapses amid Mid-Air 'Medical Emergency' Australian Survivor star Brooke Jowett was also on the flight and shared on her Instagram Stories, "Two hours into the flight flight attendants start running, people start freaking out and we get told to put our seatbelts on immediately. We soon find out we're heading back to Bali as a passenger decided she no longer wanted to be on the flight and tried forcing open the emergency door mid-air.' Jowett said it was 'a very scary few hours' and she planned to head back home to Melbourne the next day. She also posted a photo after arriving back at Denpasar Airport of disgruntled passengers collecting their luggage as she wrote "a s--- show." PEOPLE has reached out to Denpasar Airport for comment. Read the original article on People
South China Morning Post
01-04-2025
- South China Morning Post
Jetstar flight to Melbourne returns to Bali after woman tries to open plane door mid-flight
A Jetstar flight from the Indonesian resort island of Bali to Melbourne was forced to turn back after a passenger tried to forcibly open the cabin door when the plane was nearly 10,000 metres above the ocean. Advertisement The flight, identified as JQ34, took off from the Indonesian resort island around 8.40pm local time on Monday. It had been airborne for more than an hour when a woman allegedly tried to open one of the plane's doors, sparking panic among the 260 passengers on board. The aircraft was travelling at a height of about 32,000 feet (9753 metres) when the incident occurred, according to tracking service Flightradar 24. The plane then returned to the Bali provincial capital Denpasar, citing safety reasons, and landed at around 10.45pm. 02:41 Prabowo's budget cuts threaten loss of medical and financial aid to Bali bombing survivors Prabowo's budget cuts threaten loss of medical and financial aid to Bali bombing survivors 'We had an aircraft return to Denpasar last night after a disruptive passenger attempted to open one of the aircraft doors and was abusive to our crew,' a Jetstar spokesperson told Australian daily newspaper The Nightly. Advertisement Australian reality TV star Brooke Jowett, who was aboard the plane, shared details of the incident on her social media account.
