Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

A Batik Air Airbus A320-200, registration PK-LAL performing flight ID-6008 from Perth,WA (Australia) to Denpasar (Indonesia), had reported not ready for departure a few times after being cleared to line up runway 21, then reported ready. The aircraft was accelerating for takeoff from Perth’s runway 21 when the crew rejected takeoff at low speed (about 30 knots over ground) reporting they had smoke in the back of the cabin, but reported no assistance was needed and taxied to the apron. Tower had emergency services out nonetheless and follow the aircraft to the stand.

The aircraft was able to depart about 1:50 hours later and reached Denpasar with a delay of 2:20 hours.