Jakarta: An Indonesian passenger plane carrying 192 people from China to Bali was forced to turn back after the crew realised one of its doors was not properly closed, the airline said yesterday.
It was the latest problem to hit an airline from Indonesia, which relies heavily on air transport to connect its thousands of islands but has a poor safety record and has suffered several fatal crashes in recent years.
The Boeing 737 operated by Sriwijaya Air was 1.5 hours into the five-hour flight on Thursday when its system detected that a passenger door at the front of the aircraft had not shut properly, said spokesman Agus Soedjono.
"The system did not detect this prior to the flight, but when the plane was up in the air, it was detected," he said.
The plane returned to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou and was checked for 30 minutes before taking off again for Denpasar.
No one was hurt or injured in the incident.
