This article is a part of the series that looks at the abandoned Boening planes in Bali. Other articles:
Abandoned Boeing 737-200 in Bukit Peninsula, Bali
Abandoned Boeing 737-200 in West Bali
Abandoned McDonnell Douglas DC-10 on top of Gate 88 Mall in Bali
The second abandoned Boeing 737 on Bali, is in an open lot next to a doughnut shop in Kuta on the Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai (not far from the airport and about 8km north of the first 737). Given the urban setting and busy road, it must have also been trucked in with the wings removed and with great difficulty put into place and reassembled. This Boeing 737 is pretty much lacking official markings other than JO on the nose wheel hatch door.
It has been there since 2007, so originally it too may have also been planned to be a restaurant or even somebody’s home? I believe that most recently, it was planned to be, or was briefly a flight simulator business but that obviously failed too. Now this abandoned Boeing 737 sits forlornly atop plinths, with its engines missing and has just been left to the graffiti artists (earlier photos online show the aircraft sitting on its wheels, facing a different direction and with the engine nacelles boarded up).
You can wander around it for free (there was no fence during my visit). I have read online about locals offering to take you inside it for a fee but despite some people sitting about, that certainly didn’t happen whilst I was there.
Other articles about Boening planes in Bali:
