AirNz flight 269 to Shanghai refused permission to land - when halfway there

[sirlegend]

Does anyone have any idea why this might happen. The report says it was to do with an "technicality" with the aircraft being , but is there more to it?

Air NZ flight to Shanghai forced to turn back to Auckland mid-flight

Curious as to others thoughts?

 

[pangwen]

I just saw this article this morning: https://www.smh.com.au/world/oceani...s-after-china-knock-back-20190210-p50wur.html

On a practical level, how do airlines apply for permission for go to another country? Do they have to apply individually for every flight, which is how I interpreted this article?

 

[Himeno]

It seems to have been an issue with that one flight. Other NZ flights on that route (the day before and day after) had no issues.
The flight left on time, so slot issues unlikely.
Previous flights for the aircraft were ORD and KIX. It is currently on the way back from ORD and next planned flight is PER.

Only thing I can think of might be that the Chinese Government had an issue with someone on the passenger manifest.

 

[oz_mark]

It would seem that the particular aircraft was not registered with the Chinese authorities. (It appears that it had not been used to China before)

 

[p--and--t]

Statements by the Prime Minister of NZ in the media say that all aircraft landing in China have to be individually registered and there was no issue with China, AirNZs fault.

The flight plan was approved but not the plane. Maybe there was a last minute equipment swap or just as stated "a paperwork stuff-up by the airline".

 

[MEL_Traveller]

This is possibly the more likely reason (Air NZ 'forgets' to remove references to Taiwan as an independent nation): Air NZ plane forced to turn around after airline forgot to remove reference to Taiwan

 

[DC3]

Bingo!