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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025
New Zealand PM flies commercial for ASEAN summit after fault grounds aircraft

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Reuters
05 March, 2024, 11:50 am
Last modified: 05 March, 2024, 12:38 pm

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New Zealand PM flies commercial for ASEAN summit after fault grounds aircraft

Melbourne is hosting leaders and officials from the Association of Southeast Asian countries (ASEAN). New Zealand is not a member and Luxon is travelling at the invitation of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Reuters
05 March, 2024, 11:50 am
Last modified: 05 March, 2024, 12:38 pm
Christopher Luxon, Leader of the National Party speaks to supporters at his election party after winning the general election to become New Zealand’s next prime minister in Auckland, New Zealand, 14 October 2023. REUTERS/David Rowland/File Photo
Christopher Luxon, Leader of the National Party speaks to supporters at his election party after winning the general election to become New Zealand’s next prime minister in Auckland, New Zealand, 14 October 2023. REUTERS/David Rowland/File Photo

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday(5 March) was forced to fly on a commercial flight to attend an ASEAN summit in Melbourne after a technical snag hit his military aircraft, with local media reporting the delay may impact his meetings.

Luxon's flight was scheduled to take off from the capital Wellington on Tuesday morning, but pre-flight checks found a technical fault with the aircraft's nose landing gear system, a spokesperson for the New Zealand Defence Force said in an emailed response.

A spokesperson for Luxon's office confirmed the prime minister took a commercial flight to Melbourne.

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Luxon met the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, after reaching Melbourne though New Zealand media reported the prime minister could miss his meetings with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone.     

Melbourne is hosting leaders and officials from the Association of Southeast Asian countries (ASEAN). New Zealand is not a member and Luxon is travelling at the invitation of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.    

New Zealand's defence force uses two Boeing 757-200s received in 2003 to carry the country's leaders. The aircraft have become unreliable in recent years, with maintenance issues stranding its leaders abroad or delaying official trips on several occasions.

Former prime minister Jacinda Ardern in 2019 was forced to fly home from Australia on a commercial flight. A military plane carrying her broke down in Washington DC in 2022, while she also had to spend an extra night in New Zealand's research station in Antarctica due to the aircraft's mechanical issues.

The New Zealand Air Force has been asked to look at back-up options to return the prime minister back home on Wednesday as engineers work to rectify the technical snag, the defence spokesperson said. The second Boeing aircraft is on scheduled maintenance and is therefore unavailable.

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) / New Zealand

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