A security system malfunction in the tower door delayed a flight out of Gisborne Airport this morning. Image / Google Maps
Passengers at Gisborne Airport were delayed 30 minutes for their flight to Auckland this morning - because staff were locked out of the control tower.
TV producer Bailey Mackey tweeted about the "epic fail" shortly after 6am as he waited to board his Air New Zealand flight.
"Can't leave Gizzy
cause the tower guy's swipe card isn't working."
A spokeswoman for Airways New Zealand, which provides New Zealand's air traffic control, said the security system in the tower door malfunctioned, which took about half an hour to resolve.
