Cooking oil flooded the inside of a cargo plane causing its load to slide to the back of the aircraft and push the tail downward.
The Tri-MG Asia Airways jet scraped along the runway at Wamena Airport in Papua on Monday during unloading after the unfortunate spill.
It was carrying a variety of goods including Bimoli cooking oil which leaked after landing and when the load slumped at the back of the jet, the nose was sent skywards.
A boss at the airport told Jakarta Post: 'During the unloading, the cooking oil in the center part of the cabin spilled out, causing the base of the plane to become slippery.
'It caused the rest of the cargo to slump to the rear of the plane, lifting the front part approximately two meters from the surface of the apron.'
There were no reported injuries in the incident and the plane has been cleaned up apart from a few scratches on the underside of the aircraft.
The airport chief added: 'We are waiting for the results of the investigation from the Transportation Ministry's directorate of operations and airworthiness maintenance,' he said.
