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Air NZ flight to Sydney turns back to Auckland after technical issues

Author
Ben Leahy, NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Mon, 20 Aug 2018, 9:36am
An Air NZ plane taking off for Sydney has reported been redirected to Auckland Airport. Photo/Air NZ
An Air NZ plane taking off for Sydney has reported been redirected to Auckland Airport. Photo/Air NZ

Air NZ flight to Sydney turns back to Auckland after technical issues

Author
Ben Leahy, NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Mon, 20 Aug 2018, 9:36am

An Air New Zealand flight to Australia is returning to Auckland International Airport after an apparent technical issue.

Flight NZ101 took off from Auckland at 7.20 this morning and flew a short distance towards its destination at Sydney before being directed to return to New Zealand, according to flight tracking site Flightaware.com.

Comment has been sought from Air NZ.

Flight NZ101's path. Photo / Flightaware.com
Flight NZ101's path. Photo / Flightaware.com

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