Air NZ flight fire: Passengers took carry-on bags during evacuation, engine blade crack likely missed in overhaul
The Air New Zealand ATR72-600 was about to land when the left engine caught fire. A blade in…
Canterbury infrastructure: Panel calls for integrated transport network for growth
Lyttelton Port CEO Graeme Sumner The discussion drew on an Infrastructure NZ white paper Connecting Canterbury: Strengthening Infrastructure…
Christchurch Engine Centre expansion: $250m project to add 200 technical jobs
At Christchurch, a 14,000sq m expansion of the already vast engine centre will allow hundreds more staff to…
Air NZ aircraft with technical issue lands at Christchurch Airport
Police say they were notified about 10.55am of a potential emergency involving an incoming plane. After the plane…
Flames seen, loud bangs heard as Qantas jet leaves Queenstown
Dunedin woman Hannah Hendry and her friends were on a girls’ weekend in Queenstown when they heard about…
Northcote Point’s The Engine Room celebrates 20 years. What’s the secret to its success?
The Northcote Point favourite opened to fill a gap but went on to inspire a neighbourhood boom. The…
China’s ‘record-breaking’ satellite engine can run continuously for 14 hours
A Chinese satellite engine has reportedly broken a record for 14 hours of continuous thrust in orbit, Chinese…
Air NZ indicates no desire to emulate rivals, says next 12 months will be about recovery
The airline’s leaders today said the fleet would be back at full strength soon. But they told investors…
The hidden engine behind 60% of New Zealand’s exports
Why manufacturing’s image doesn’t match reality. It’s an industry comprising 23,000 businesses, contributing 8% of New Zealand’s GDP,…
Air NZ says breakthrough reached on engine drama, IATA boss tells engine makers: ‘Stop gouging us’
Ravishankar said his airline’s relationship with Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney had improved, and the fleet was approaching…
China’s new engine uses light to move information over large distances
Scientists have claimed that their laser-powered engines may soon support “intelligent” 6G networks. The team demonstrated a laser-driven engine made…
Record call-outs and big costs for Coastguard Hawke’s Bay
But Van Tuel and Coastguard HB chairman Matt Harvey had no explanations for the increase. There’s no disruption…