Created Tuesday, Nov 5th 2024 11:16Z, last updated Wednesday, Nov 6th 2024 10:53Z
A Trigana Air Boeing 737-500, registration PK-YSC performing flight
IL-273 from Jayapura to Wamena (Indonesia) with 121 passengers and 8 crew, had been pushed back and was starting its engines (CFM56) at 11:21L (02:21Z), when fire became visible out of the left hand engine. The aircraft was evacuated via left hand and right hand forward and wing exits, 4 passengers received minor injuries as result.
Indonesia's Ministry of Transport reported the Boeing 737-500 registration PK-YSC suffered an incident in which thick smoke came out of the right hand engine and the engine erupted in flames after push back and engine start, the passengers panicked and opened the left hand forward and wing emergency exits and exited the aircraft. The occurrence is being investigated by the KNKT. A replacement Boeing 737-300 registration PK-YRA took the passengers to Wamena.
The airport reported 4 passengers received minor injuries as result of the evacuation.
A replacement Boeing 737-300 registration PK-YRA reached Wamena as flight IL-275 with a delay of about 2.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Jayapura about 32 hours after the occurrence.
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