The Boeing 787-800 took off for Tokyo Narita Airport, Japan, but had to return shortly afterwards due to an indication that the temperature of exhaust gas from its right hand engine was very high.

The plane landed uneventfully. There were 203 passengers and 11 crew members aboard at the time; all of them remained unharmed.

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What: Batavia Air Boeing 737-4Y0 en route from Bali Indonesia to Kupang, Indonesia
Where: Ngurah Rai in Bali, Indonesia,
When: 03-DEC-2009 11:45 AM
Who: 148 passengers and six crew, 6 injuries
Why: The plane had been carrying 148 passengers from Surabaya, East Java to Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara. The flight had stopped overnight in Bali because El Tari Airport (the destination) was closed due to another incident. Passengers were already wound up, because they’d spent the night actually in the airport–with no overnight compensation or accommodations.

The plane was about to take off when passengers, believing the plane was on fire screamed and rushed the exits, forcing the door open and jumping from the plane. Six were injured leaping from the plane (which was not on fire) without any ramps.

Passengers had seen normal exhaust smoke when the pilot started up the engines.

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