Flight Turns Round After ‘Disruptive’ Passenger Tries to Power Open Aircraft Door

A Jetstar aircraft flying from Bali, Indonesia, to Melbourne, Australia, was pressured to show round after a passenger tried to open the door.

The plane, carrying round 200 passengers, took off from Denpasar Airport earlier than returning after the “disruptive” passenger tried to open the aircraft door over an hour into the flight over the Indian Ocean on Monday, March 31, Jetstar introduced.

The airline stated in a press release to PEOPLE, “We had an plane return to Denpasar final evening after a disruptive passenger tried to open one of many plane doorways and was abusive to our crew.”

“The protection and welfare of our clients and crew is our high precedence and we thank them for the way in which they responded to the state of affairs. This type of unacceptable habits won’t ever be tolerated on our flights.”

The passenger was faraway from the plane by native authorities in Bali and the flight was canceled. The airline shared that the opposite passengers had been supplied another flight.

Flight monitoring web site Flight Radar 24 exhibits that the aircraft took off at 8:20 p.m. native time earlier than it was diverted again 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 because the aircraft made its journey again to Bali. 

“Earlier tonight, there was a woman down again on the plane that attempted to bodily open the door. She lifted the deal with … we acquired a door warning within the entrance of the plane,” the captain stated. “…For the protection of the plane, the opportunity of the door opening additionally in flight … we don’t know why [this happened] however sadly the most secure plan of action is to … return to land.”

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Australian Survivor star Brooke Jowett was additionally on the flight and shared on her Instagram Tales, “Two hours into the flight flight attendants begin working, individuals begin freaking out and we get informed to place our seatbelts on instantly. We quickly discover out we’re heading again to Bali as a passenger determined she now not wished to be on the flight and tried forcing open the emergency door mid-air.”

Jowett stated it was “a really scary few hours” and she or he deliberate to move again dwelling to Melbourne the following day. She additionally posted a picture after arriving again at Denpasar Airport of disgruntled passengers accumulating their baggage as she wrote “a s— present.”

PEOPLE has reached out to Denpasar Airport for remark.