Low-flying plane investigated
By
LES BLOXHAM,
travel editor Air New Zealand and the Civil Aviation Division are investigating an incident on Monday evening when a Boeing 737 came within 150 m of the rooftops of Newlands on its landing approach to Wellington Airport. The aircraft was descending from the north
through cloud when the ground proximity warning system (G.P.W.S.) was activated, audibly instructing the crew to “Pull up. Pull up. Pull up.” The captain immediately applied full power, aborted his approach and climbed back through the cloud. Air New Zealand said yesterday that its 8737
was “never closer than 150 m to the ground” on Monday. It was reported 10 days ago that the instrument landing system (1.L.5.) for this particular runway has been faulty for several months, and is turned off in low overcast southerly conditions because of its unreliability.
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