Air New Zealand flight NZ-410 made an emergency landing in Auckland, New Zealand, on July 14th.
The plane flying from Wellington, New Zealand declared an emergency after it was struck by lightning.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unhurt.
Air Nelson flight NA-8117 had to return and make a safe emergency landing at Auckland Airport, Auckland, New Zealand, on July 9th.
The De Havilland Dash 8-300 had taken off for Palmerston North, New Zealand, when its left hand engine failed, prompting the crew to return.
The plane landed uneventfully.
All people onboard remained unharmed.
The flight was cancelled and passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
Air Nelson flight NZ-8707 had to return and make an emergency landing in Palmerston, New Zealand, on June 29th.
The plane took off for Christchurch, New Zealand, but had to return shortly afterwards after the crew reported smoke in the cabin.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Fiji Airways flight FJ-410 had to return and make an emergency landing at Auckland Airport, New Zealand, on June 15th.
The Boeing 737-800, en-route to Nadi, Fiji, had to return after the crew failed to retract its landing gear.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
Air New Zealand flight NZ-31 had to return and make an emergency landing at Ministro Pistarini International Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on February 8.
The Boeing 777-200, en-route to Auckland, New Zealand, had to return after it could not retract it’s landing gear. The plane had to dump fuel before landing.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
A Jetstar flight had to return and make an emergency landing at Auckland airport, New Zealand, on December 13.
The plane had just taken off for Dunedin, New Zealand, when it started ‘jerking and shuddering’, prompting the pilots to declare an emergency.
The plane landed safely. No injuries were reported.
An Emirates plane had to make an emergency landing in Perth, Western Australia, on December 1st.
The A380 plane was en-route from Auckland, New Zealand, to Dubai, UAE, when a passenger went into labor. There were two doctors on-board who helped her through her contractions while the pilot diverted to Perth.
The passengers said the woman did not speak English and the doctors had to use Google translate to communicate with her.
The plane landed safely. The passenger was rushed to hospital where she gave birth to a baby girl.
The delayed flight reached Dubai the next day.
A helicopter crashed into the Fox Glacier in New Zealand on November 21.
The authorities said the Eurocopter “Squirrel” helicopter, operated by Alpine Adventures, was carrying six passengers and a pilot when it went down.
Everyone aboard was killed in the crash. The deceased include the pilot Mitch Gameren, 28, of New Zealand, four British tourists, two Australians and a New Zealander.
The cause of crash is being investigated.
A Kitfox plane crashed near Balclutha Aerodrome, New Zealand, on the afternoon of July 25.
The pilots noticed some engine trouble right after taking-off and decided to attempt an emergency landing, however, the plane crashed near the runway.
The plane’s owner, 46, who was a trainee, was flying the plane along with his flight instructor, 48.
Both men aboard sustained injuries and were airlifted to Dunedin Public Hospital.
New Zealand’s Civil Aviation Authority and the police will investigate.
An Air New Zealand flight had to make an emergency landing at Tauranga Airport, New Zealand, on May 3.
It is believed that emergency was declared due to a fault in a landing light.
Firefighters were called as a precaution, however, the Bombardier Q300 airplane landed safely.
The scheduled destination of flight and the number of people onboard is not known at the moment.
A Hughes 500E helicopter crashed on Koatanui Rd in Brunswick, northwest of Wanganui, New Zealand, at around 9:30 a.m. on October 28.
The helicopter was being used to spray farmland near the State Highway 3 at Kai Iwi, when it crashed.
The pilot of the helicopter, identified as Peter William Robb, 56, was killed at the scene. According to the executive officer of the New Zealand Helicopter Association, John Sinclair, he was a “very experienced pilot, well-respected in the industry”.
The CAA is investigating the cause of crash.
A small plane made an emergency landing on the Muriwai Golf Course near Auckland, New Zealand, before 5:25 p.m. on August 18.
The pilot decided to make an emergency landing after his light plane ran out of fuel. Fire Service spokesman Michael Upton explained, “We got calls from residents who heard the plane spluttering away, or its engine failing, and saw the aircraft go down on the golf course.”
The plane landed uneventfully and no one on-board was hurt.
A heli-ski helicopter crashed on Mount Alta near Wanaka, New Zealand, at around 12:20 p.m. on August 16.
The accident happened when the helicopter run by Harris Mountain Heli-Ski was carrying 7 people, including a pilot, a ski guide and 5 skiers. All of them were New Zealanders.
One of the heli-skiers died while all others aboard suffered injuries of varied degrees. Two of the injured with minor injuries were taken to Wanaka Medical Centre. Four with comparatively serious injuries were transported to Dunedin Hospital.
Skyline Enterprises Chairman Mark Quickfall said, “I spoke to one of our senior pilots who was first on the scene. As he said to me, it’s a perfect day for flying and heli-skiing. Certainly not windy. So [we] can’t put any light on it at this stage.” He also said there were six other helicopters out heli-skiing on the same day.
The Civil Aviation Authority and Transport Accident Investigation Commission are investigating the cause of the crash.
A light aircraft crashed in a paddock around 3.5 km east of the aerodrome at the Ardmore Airport, Auckland, New Zealand, on June 29.
The incident happened just before 1:45 p.m., after the engine of the Airline Flying Club Cessna 152 failed. The aircraft was severely damaged after it skidded 200 meters across the paddock into a drain, and ended up on its roof.
The female pilot, who was just in her 20s, and her female student suffered minor injuries. Both of them were taken to Middlemore Hospital by ambulance.
Phil Welcome, the chief flying instructor at Airline Flying Club, appreciated the skill of the newly recruited pilot and said “It looks like she’s done an excellent job, and the only problem is at the end of her take-off run she’s encountered a drainage ditch.”
Welcome said a team of engineers would check the aircraft to find out the cause of the engine failure. He said “In these airplanes, engine failure is actually very, very rare.”
Senior Sergeant Ian Brenchley responded at the scene and started investigation on behalf of the Civil Aviation Authority.
A plane landed safely in Christchurch, New Zealand, after emergency landing protocol was deployed at the airport.
The plane, belonging to Air Nelson, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand, was on its way from Invercargill and Christchurch when the pilot discovered a potential problem with landing gear. He then alerted the authorities at Christchurch Airport that the plane may have to make an emergency landing.
However, the plane landed safely and no emergency assistance was required.
A spokesperson of Air New Zealand confirmed the incident and said, “Air Nelson flight NZ8078, operating between Invercargill and Christchurch with 48 passengers on board, landed without incident this morning after a cockpit warning indicator suggested a possible landing gear issue on approach to Christchurch.”
The aircraft is currently being examined.
