An Air New Zealand Dash-8 aircraft landed in Gisborne after an incident shortly after departing the city, en route to Auckland.
“Flight NZ5166 from Gisborne to Auckland experienced an engine issue shortly after take off. As per Air New Zealand’s standard operating procedures, the engine was shut down and the aircraft returned to Gisborne where it landed safely after circling for a short time. The matter is now being investigated,” Head of Flight Operations Hugh Pearce told Traveltalk.
It comes just a day after an engine issue on a flight from Wellington to Sydney was forced to divert to Auckland.
Flight NZ249 from Wellington to Sydney turned around after about an hour of flying across the Tasman Sea.
“As per Air New Zealand’s standard operating procedures, the engine was shut down and the aircraft was diverted to Auckland where it landed safely just after 5.20pm,” Pearce said of that incident.
