WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP): A passenger plane landed safely at a New Zealand airport on Monday after a fire shut down one of its engines, the nation’s fire service said.
The Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800 jet bound for Melbourne, Australia, with 67 passengers and six crew members on board landed in the New Zealand city of Invercargill after the fire forced a diversion. The incident may have resulted from "a possible bird strike,” the airline's chief operations officer, Stuart Aggs, said in an emailed statement.
