Qantas' list of problems with aircraft maintenance and engine performance has grown longer - a jumbo jet grounded in New Zealand last night.
One engine on a Boeing 747-300, QF25 from Melbourne, shut down while approaching Auckland Airport, a Qantas spokeswoman in Auckland said today.
The crew managed to restore power and the plane landed safely.
"A faulty fuel-flow regulator was replaced overnight and the flight (to Los Angeles) is now scheduled to depart at 1.40pm today," the spokeswoman she told NZPA.
The incident came on a day of continuing turmoil for Qantas, in which a 767 was grounded in Melbourne because of a problem with the flap indicator in the cockpit.
In another incident yesterday a second Boeing 747 had to be taken out of service for a time to replace a jack screw driving the plane's horizontal tail.
Urgent maintenance was needed because the plane's tail was at risk of breaking away.
On Tuesday afternoon, the airline grounded six planes - a quarter of its 737-400 fleet - after finding discrepancies in their maintenance records.
