JAKARTA: An Indonesian businessman sparked a scramble for cash when he dropped 100 million rupiah in banknotes from an aircraft on Sunday (June 1) 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 60 kilometres west of here.

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

The money was released in bills of 1,000 and 5,000 rupiahs.

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 Saturday, and many people were waiting in the open air for the plane to fly over.

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.