Air New Zealand flight grounded

Over 130 passengers are stranded in Sydney after an Air New Zealand plane due to fly to Auckland this morning was grounded with a possible fuel leak.

An Air New Zealand spokeswoman said the NZ700 flight scheduled to leave at 7am was removed from service because of an engineering problem, affecting 138 passengers.

Staff were investigating a possible fuel leak, she said.

The airline was hopeful the A320 plane would soon be cleared to fly. If not, passengers would be accommodated on other flights throughout the day.

The passengers were also given the option of a later flight at 6.35pm.

Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz