ANZ B763 over Pacific on May 4th 2015, engineering issue
Last Update: May 4, 2015 / 15:43:33 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 4, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air New Zealand
Flight number
NZ-40
Departure
Auckland, New Zealand
Destination
Papeete, French Polynesia
Aircraft Registration
ZK-NCL
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
The airline reported an engineering issue caused the precautionary return but did not provide any further detail.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 4, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air New Zealand
Flight number
NZ-40
Departure
Auckland, New Zealand
Destination
Papeete, French Polynesia
Aircraft Registration
ZK-NCL
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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