Nelson DH8C near Christchurch on Mar 7th 2015, engine problem

Last Update: March 7, 2015 / 20:12:08 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 7, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Nelson

Flight number
NZ-8074

Aircraft Registration
ZK-NEO

ICAO Type Designator
DH8C

An Air Nelson de Havilland Dash 8-300 on behalf of Air New Zealand, registration ZK-NEO performing flight NZ-8074 from Invercargill to Wellington (New Zealand) with 38 passengers and 3 crew, was enroute at FL170 near Christchurch (New Zealand) when the crew decided to divert to Christchurch due to an engine problem. The aircraft landed safely.

The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

The airline reported the aircraft had a "bit of an issue", landed in Christchurch without further incident and is being checked by engineers.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 7, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Nelson

Flight number
NZ-8074

Aircraft Registration
ZK-NEO

ICAO Type Designator
DH8C

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