Passengers disembark from the Air New Zealand flight with landing gear problems on Sunday. Photo/Supplied
Three flights in and out of Palmerston North were cancelled this morning after all flights were cancelled last night.
An Air New Zealand spokeswoman said a flight from Palmerston North to Christchurch was cancelled, while a return service from Auckland was also cancelled today.
A Jetstar spokesman said the airline
also cancelled one early morning flight out of Palmerston North to Auckland due to the local runway closure on Sunday.
"This was as a result of cancelling some inbound flights yesterday afternoon to Palmerston North," he said.
Sunday night all flights in and out of Palmerston North Airport were cancelled after an Air New Zealand aircraft developed landing gear issues in its nose.
The runway which was used to land the plane was shut down after smoke began pouring out of the aircraft.
