Air NZ speaks on Dunedin flight forced to offload passengers

Air New Zealand said a flight to Dunedin last Saturday was forced to off load passengers after excess fuel pushed it over the safe weight limit. Passengers have told RNZ just before take off an airline staffer asked for volunteers to get off the plane because of weight issue and warned all baggage would be off loaded if no one disembarked. But Air New Zealand said baggage wasn't the problem and flight NZ681 from Auckland was actually overfuelled which meant the total payload exceeded the safe operating limit. Air New Zealand General Manager of Airports Kate Boyer spoke to Lisa Owen.