Syed A Ridhwan 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2012 Kiwi plane makes distress landing KOTA KINABALU: A Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft made an emergency landing following problems to its hydraulics system. The aircraft, carrying between 12 and 15 airforce personnel, turned back after taking off from the Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) for Australia at 10.32am yesterday. Malaysia Airports Berhad senior airport manager Kamaruzzaman Razali said the Boeing 757 aircraft touched down seven minutes later. Grounded: The Royal New Zealand Air Force jet at KKIA after its emergency landing. The aircraft will be parked at the KKIA's Terminal 1 overnight to allow the airforce technicians to rectify the glitch. The Star Operator: New Zealand - Air Force Plane: Boeing 757-2K2 Registration: NZ7571 Airliners.net Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted March 22, 2012 (edited) It was good that the plane landed safely. It looks like RNZAF aircraft do visit Malaysia quite often - here is the sister plane, NZ7571, spotted at Subang (NZ7572 is the plane grounded in BKI): There is an ongoing discussion here: http://www.malaysian...ndpost&p=302184 Edited March 22, 2012 by flee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardeep P. 0 Report post Posted March 22, 2012 Hi guys, Funny enough. I stay near Whanupai Air base in Auckland and the other day I saw this RNZAF 757 plane with the weirdest noise and was going around and round. I told my wife, sumthing wasnt rite with that plane. True enough.... This was like Monday/Tuesday!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S V Choong 4 Report post Posted March 22, 2012 They might be training up for the airshow? I have been inside NZ7571 during the airshow day in 2007 while NZ7572 performed the stun of steep climb in front of the public. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waiping 12 Report post Posted March 22, 2012 The plane just came back from SIN for C-check. Imagine you just send your car for service and it came back with serious problem. The only thing here is you can't just stop a plane at the roadside. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted March 22, 2012 The only thing here is you can't just stop a plane at the roadside. So they did the next best thing - stop it at the seaside! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Meor 0 Report post Posted March 24, 2012 i saw this plane departing 2 days ago. i tough it belong to France air force coz i saw the blue white red color. didn't know that the plane return back to KKIA. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites