Passenger kicked off Jetstar flight after lighting cigarette onboard

JETSTAR A320-232 VH-YXQ (MSN 5618)

A passenger on a Jetstar flight which was travelling from Melbourne (MEL/YMML) to Denpasar (DPS/WADD) was escorted off the flight by Federal Police after he decided to light a cigarette on board the plane.

One of the passengers filmed the man being escorted by police off the flight which occurred on Tuesday the 6th of September.
"This guy thinks a delayed flight means he can light a dart on the plane. No Bali vacay for you now," she wrote in the post

The incident comes after the flight had already been heavily delayed. The Jetstar A320-232 was due to depart Melbourne at 14.30 (local) and didn't depart until 18.58. 

Because of the long delay in getting away, the aircraft had to divert to Darwin (DRW/YPDN) to refuel landing there at 22.40 (local). It the departed just under 30 mins later at 23.07 finally arriving at Denpasar 2 hours 20 mins later at 00.08 Bali time.

"Smoking, vaping or the use of electronic cigarettes is not permitted on any flight, in Australian airport terminals or on the tarmac".


Aircraft Information:

Airline: Jetstar

Code: JQ/JST

Aircraft: Airbus A320-232

Registration: VH-YXV

Serial Number: 5598

First Flew: April 2013

Age 9 Yrs 5 Mts