Created Thursday, Aug 14th 2025 11:38Z, last updated Friday, Aug 15th 2025 17:16Z
An ANZ Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9, registration ZK-NZR performing flight
NZ-175 from Auckland (New Zealand) to Perth,WA (Australia), was enroute at FL320 about 430nm south of Sydney,NS (Australia) when the crew turned north and diverted to Sydney due to a fuel discrepancy. The aircraft landed safely on Sydney's runway 16R about 65 minutes later.
The remainder of the flight as well as the return flight were cancelled.
The airline reported the aircraft diverted due to a fuel discrepancy. The passengers are being rebooked onto other flights.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Sydney about 7 hours after landing.
On Aug 15th 2025 New Zealand's TAIC reported that the crew noticed a fuel imbalance, further diagnosis led them to shut the left hand engine (Trent 1000) down.
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