An Air New Zealand flight to Shanghai had to turn back to Auckland today after learning it had no authority to land in China.
An Air New Zealand 787-9 Dreamliner. Photo: AFP
The plane was nearly five hours into its journey when it turned around.
Air New Zealand said that because of a technicality it did not have Chinese regulatory authority to land in China.
The flight landed back in Auckland about 10am and passengers have been offered a special service to Shanghai at 11pm tonight.
