NZ air force flight to Bali turns back to Darwin

A New Zealand air force Hercules which had to turn back to Darwin last night after taking off for Bali with a cracked windscreen has been cleared for operations today.

The C130 aircraft, which took a specialist New Zealand medical team to Darwin, was carrying Australian federal police specialists in body identification to Bali when the crack was noticed.

Defence spokesman John Seward told NZPA the aircraft had been cleared for flight duties at 3am today and would resume operations.

- NZPA