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A Jetstar plane flying from Bali, Indonesia, to Melbourne, Australia, was forced to turn around after a passenger tried to open the door.<\/p>\n
The aircraft, carrying around 200 passengers, took off from Denpasar Airport before returning after the \u201cdisruptive\u201d passenger attempted to open the plane door over an hour into the flight over the Indian Ocean on Monday, March 31, Jetstar announced.<\/p>\n
The airline said in a statement to PEOPLE, \u201cWe had an aircraft return to Denpasar last night after a disruptive passenger attempted to open one of the aircraft doors and was abusive to our crew.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe safety and welfare of our customers and crew is our top priority and we thank them for the way they responded to the situation. This sort of unacceptable behavior will never be tolerated on our flights.\u201d<\/p>\n
The passenger was removed from the aircraft by local authorities in Bali and the flight was canceled. The airline shared that the other passengers were provided an alternative flight.<\/p>\n