A lightning strike on an Air NZ aircraft while it was flying above New Zealand led to three cancelled flights between Queenstown and Auckland.
Air NZ chief operations officer Alex Marren said flight NZ532 from Christchurch to Auckland encountered lightning while in the air.
The flight landed safely in Auckland at 10.54am yesterday, 14 minutes late.
The plane then had to undergo engineering checks and, as a result, flights NZ1251 and NZ1252, from Auckland to Queenstown, and return were cancelled.
"Lightning strikes are not uncommon, and our pilots do train for this scenario," she said. — APL
