Wing fall from 767 jet

Air New Zealand is waiting to hear if other Boeing 767s have experienced the sort of problem which caused a piece of wing to fall off one of the airline's jets.

On Saturday the wing-flap support structure on an Air New Zealand flight carrying 148 passengers broke off and plunged through the roof of a south Auckland warehouse.

A spokesman for Air New Zealand, Mark Champion, says the plane was never in danger and is now being repaired.


Published on May 20, 2001