Air NZ plane forced to make emergency landing
ABC News Online
Sun, 8 Dec 2002 14:47 AEDT
Air NZ plane forced to make emergency landing
An Air New Zealand plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Brisbane earlier today.
The 767 aircraft landed safely and no one was injured.
Flight NZ 132 took off on schedule from Brisbane, but while the plane was ascending there was a loud bang and one of the two engines shut down.
An emergency ground alert was declared at Brisbane and the plane landed safely around 30 minutes later.
Air New Zealand's technical manager Craig Sinclair says there are signs of damage to the metal around the engine and near one of the edge flaps.
The incident has been referred to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
The airline has been plagued by a string of similar incidents.
Twice this year pieces of wing flaps have fallen off aircraft, one landed in a carpark near Auckland airport, the other into water.
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AAP
Jet emergency at Brisbane Airport
December 08, 2002
EMERGENCY personnel have rushed to Brisbane Airport after a plane reported technical problems.
The 767 aircraft, which was carrying around 200 people, had left the airport and was on its way to New Zealand when the problem was reported.
The plane was forced to return around 10.30am (AEST) and police, ambulances and firefighting units were called as a precaution.
A police spokesman said roads were blocked around the airport.
The plane landed safely 15 minutes later and there were no injuries.
Engineers were inspecting the aircraft and the 200 passengers will be transferred to another plane.
AAP