A bit breezy in Wellington

 

A gust of wind tipped over a small plane on Tuesday.

This comes as wider weather continues to blast the Wellington region.

Golden Bay Air CEO Richard Molloy told Stuff no one was on their plane when it tipped over.

“It was parked at the gate and it was a very strong gust of wind came through and tipped it on its wing…then, as I understand, another gust came along and put it back on its wheels again."

Molloy said the plane was in between unloading and loading passengers but would now not be flown until it has been assessed by an engineer, but he understood it was undamaged.

“I think part of the problem is that once all the passengers are out of the plane, it's quite light, and it's more susceptible to that,” Molloy said.

Passengers due to fly would be put on an Air New Zealand flight to Nelson and the shuttled over to Takaka.

Wellington Airport confirmed to Stuff there was an “incident” on Tuesday morning with a “small plane tipped onto its wing and wheel”.

A picture shared with Stuff showed the plane was a Golden Bay Air aircraft.

Nobody was injured in the incident.

Fire and Emergency said they were called out, but stood down.

Police said they were not required to attend.

Source: Stuff.co.nz