Troubled Boeing 757 makes safe landing at Auckland airport
An Air Force Boeing 757 has made a safe landing at Whenuapai airport, in west Auckland, after blowing a tyre.
The plane landed safely shortly after 10am, with crews checking the aircraft for overheating, the Fire Service says.
Thirty-one people were on board the aircraft.
NZME reports that an RNZAF spokesman had said the Boeing experienced vibrations on take off from the air base on Monday morning.
"The aircraft as just done a low level sweep of the runway so ground crews can check the undercarriage," a Fire Service spokesman told NZ Newswire.
Four fire crews were on stand-by awaiting the plane's arrival.
The aircraft has been circling over Auckland's west coast on Monday morning.
In June a C-130 Hercules landed at the air base after a full emergency was declared mid-flight.
The Hercules crew had reported a loss of cabin pressure and there were also reports of smoke in the cockpit.
The aircraft flew at a low altitude and fuel was reportedly dumped just prior to the landing.
Seventeen people were on board that flight.
