Nelson DH8C at New Plymouth on Apr 18th 2018, haze in cabin
Last Update: April 19, 2018 / 20:00:45 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 18, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Nelson
Flight number
NZ-8058
Departure
New Plyouth, New Zealand
Destination
Auckland, New Zealand
Aircraft Registration
ZK-NEA
Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (300)
ICAO Type Designator
DH8C
The airline confirmed there was haze in the cabin prompting the return. No accomodation was available in New Plymouth, the passengers were offered to be bussed to Palmerston North for accomodation overnight and to be taken to Auckland the following day. A bus transport to Auckland was not possible due to company policies prohibiting bus transfer if the bus would arrive after midnight.
Passengers organised their bus to Auckland themselves and arrived in Auckland at 4:30am with a delay of 7:15 hours.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 17 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 18, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Nelson
Flight number
NZ-8058
Departure
New Plyouth, New Zealand
Destination
Auckland, New Zealand
Aircraft Registration
ZK-NEA
Aircraft Type
De Havilland Dash 8 (300)
ICAO Type Designator
DH8C
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