A Trigana Air Boeing 737-500 (registration PK-YSC) flight was cancelled at Sentani International Airport in Jayapura, Papua, due to an engine fire.

Four out of 121 passengers aboard Trigana Air flight 237 bound for Wamena in Highland Papua were injured in the incident that occurred at 11:21 a.m. local time (UTC +9).

There are no fatalities in the incident, but some passengers were injured,” Eka remarked, adding that the injuries occurred when passengers scrambled to exit the plane through emergency doors.

Sentani Airport’s stakeholder relations department head

The passengers suffered only minor injuries and have received medical care at the airport health and quarantine facility.

Sentani Airport authority and Trigana Air company await the investigation report from the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) regarding the engine fire in the Boeing 737-500 jet.

Activities at Sentani International Airport have resumed to normal despite the Trigana Air incident.

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