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2009/02/08

Air NZ Nails Emergency Landing


What: Air New Zealand Boeing 747 jet en route for Los Angeles
Where: NZ
When: Saturday night (Feb 7)7:30 p.m. local time Saturday (06:30 GMT), returned to Auckland 90 minutes later.
Who: 365 people on board
Why: Reporting a hydraulic problem after a light indicated a landing gear should not be raised, the Boeing dumped it's fuel and returned at low altitude to New Zealand for a safe landing.
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