Created Wednesday, Mar 24th 2021 14:17Z, last updated Wednesday, Mar 24th 2021 14:17Z
An ANZ Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9, registration ZK-NZI performing flight
NZ-75 (scheduled dep Mar 19th, actual dep Mar 20th) from Auckland (New Zealand) to Seoul (South Korea) with 55 passengers, was enroute at FL400 over the Pacific Ocean about 50nm north of Manus Island (Papua New Guinea) just short of reaching the equator about 5:20 hours into the flight, when the crew decided to turn around and return to Auckland after two of three computers used for navigation suffered issues. The aircraft descended to FL390 for the return and landed safely back on Auckland's runway 05R about 5:45 hours after turning around.
A replacement Boeing 787-9 registration ZK-NZK reached Seoul with a delay of 34 hours.
The airline reported the crew returned to Auckland because of issues with two of the three computers used for navigation, they used a third, backup computer for the return.
