Cathay Pacific Flight 197, with 266 passengers and 15 crew on board, was inbound from Hong Kong and scheduled to land in Auckland about midday yesterday, but had to be diverted to Ohakea Air Force Base, near Palmerston North, because inclement weather made it too dangerous to land.
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Flight Radar 24 shows that the approach to Auckland was aborted at 875 ft, and no go around or holding pattern was attempted.
The big question to be asked is why didn't it have sufficient fuel to continue to the only other commercial airport in New Zealand suitable for the A340? I.e. Christchurch.