Tourists are flocking to see an abandoned Boeing jet in the middle of the field on the Indonesian island of Bali – but no-one is sure how it got there.
Surrounded by leafy trees, shipping containers and a hut, the plane rests in a large ditch just off the busy Raya Nusa Dua Selatan Highway.
Adding to the mystery, the enclosed plane has no identification or branding on it.
There is some speculation, from locals and aviation enthusiasts, that its owner had a dream of turning the airliner into a restaurant but couldn’t foot the bill to see the project through – and so left it to rust.
Tourists are flocking to see an abandoned Boeing jet in the middle of the field on the Indonesian island of Bali
Despite it being behind a locked gate, guarded by security, the plane has become a quirky tourist attraction.
Katka and Mic the couple behind the popular travel blog ‘we just travel’, went to look at the plane in 2017 after reading about it.
They only had to type ‘abandoned plane’ into google and they were there in minutes.
They shared insider tips for the best advantage points to view the airliner on their blog.
Surrounded by leafy trees, shipping containers and a hut, the plane rests in a large ditch just off the busy Raya Nusa Dua Selatan Highway
Adding to the mystery is the fact that the plane, which sits on private lan, has no identification or branding on it
You can climb onto the shipping containers for a side-on sightseeing experience but for the best view in the field, you have to part with 10.000 IDR, or $0.000895 Australian cents.
Katka and Mic assured their blog readers this price could be negotiated down to 5.000 IDR.
Another travel vlogger Josh, from Exploring with Josh, visited the airliner in 2016.
‘I have no idea how they got this plane to just sit here, but it’s here,’ Josh says in the video. He tries to bribe the guards for a closer look but is quickly denied.
Despite it being behind a locked gate, guarded by security, the plane has become a quirky tourist attraction
You can climb onto the shipping containers for a side-on sightseeing experience but for the best view in the field, you have to part with 10.000 IDR, or $0.000895 Australian cents
Bali’s abandoned field plane is not the only Boeing 727 to find an unusual home on the island.
A second Boeing 737 sits 8km North, in Kedonganan an area of Jimbaran Beach, famous for it’s grilled Seafood restaurants.
This one is right next door to a Dunkin Donuts and so close to the street that its wing hangs over the road.
It has it’s engines removed and sits propped up on stilts in an otherwise empty block.
In his vlog, Josh visits the second Boeing 737 and manages to climb into the cargo pit which is filled with boxes of blankets.
‘This is so cool to be inside a plane though. No one could really do this unless you were working for planes or building them,’ he said.
Read more: Exploring with Josh, abandoned planes in Bali