Airbus.circling over Taranaki

kaikopere Leading Aircraftman Posts: 1	Airbus.circling over Taranaki Aug 20, 2018 7:47:37 GMT 12 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kaikopere on Aug 20, 2018 7:47:37 GMT 12 I was watching the morning air traffic on Flight Aware and saw NZ516, the 6am Air NZ Airbus from Chch to Auckland, spend 15 minutes circling over Taranaki. What would be the reason for this?

lindstrim Flight Lieutenant Posts: 89	Airbus.circling over Taranaki Aug 20, 2018 9:48:23 GMT 12 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lindstrim on Aug 20, 2018 9:48:23 GMT 12 Probably needed to loose some time into Auckland for some reason. On second thoughts it could be related to the NZ101 return
	Last Edit: Aug 20, 2018 11:03:53 GMT 12 by lindstrim

flyjoe180 Air Commodore Posts: 9,835	Airbus.circling over Taranaki Aug 22, 2018 15:17:39 GMT 12 Dave Homewood and baronbeeza like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by flyjoe180 on Aug 22, 2018 15:17:39 GMT 12 Chem trails over the Taranaki region required re-seeding