Man drops $11,200 from plane

1.06.2008

Money scramble ... A man has given away more than $11,000 in cash by dropping it from a plane. Pic: Reuters

AN INDONESIAN businessman sparked a scramble for cash when he dropped 100 million rupiah ($11,200) in banknotes from an aircraft today to promote a book he has written.

A 13-year-old girl lost consciousness running after the notes and had to be rushed to a nearby hospital, the Detikcom online news service said.

Tung Desem Waringin, who is promoting his second business motivation book, got the aircraft to fly four times over a soccer stadium in Serang city, some 60km west of Jakarta.

He had wanted to release the money over Jakarta but was refused permission from police.

The money was released in bills of 1000 and 5000 rupiahs (11-53 cents).

Detikcom said that on the first and second run, the notes fell around 500 metres from the stadium, and on the latter runs mostly inside the grounds.

Rumours of the stunt had been circulating since yesterday, and many people were waiting in the open air for the plane to fly over.

Mr Waringin has been quoted in his blog as saying he would rather share money earmarked for a conventional promotional campaign with people who needed it.

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