Air NZ guides Qantas jet to safety

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It was Air New Zealand to the rescue on Wednesday morning after a Qantas 747 was forced to "fly blind" over the Pacific Ocean.

The Qantas flight had to rely on an Air New Zealand jet to guide it to safety after its radar failed leaving the crew flying in darkness.

Passengers on the QF12 flight from Los Angeles to Sydney awoke to the surprise sunrise over Auckland city and the announcement the flight had been diverted, passenger Sean Lygo said.

"The captain was fantastic, he allowed us to sleep all night and we were unaware of any real problems.

"He woke us at around 5:30 just simply by saying 'good morning, hope you have slept well, I would like to tell you that we are on the way to New Zealand'."

Lygo said the captain then continued to inform the passengers they has lost the radar and were flying blind but had managed to befriend an Air New Zealand jet who was guiding them to safety.

The Air New Zealand flight was 35 kilometres away from the Qantas plane when the captain made radio contact asking for assistance.
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Read more at Air NZ plane guides Qantas jet to safety after radar fails | TRAVEL | NEWS | tvnz.co.nz


It was very lucky for Qantas jet to landed in New Zealand safe after another plane Air New Zealand guided them and relaying information.
 
Is it me or has Qantas been showing up in the media a lot because of flight problems here and there?
 
Ah, That had to be a little scary flying "blind" in the sky but nevertheless, it was good to know that Air New Zealand was there at the right time to assist Quantas safely.
 
Whoa, it's great to save by guiding that plane out of total darkness!

I rode on Air NZ (Boeing 747) once along with other deaf US athlete team members traveling to NZ for the WGD '89. A looong trip (17 hours) one way!
 
That's a great save by the Air New Zealand.. without them Qantas would be looking for a disaster without any assistance. Saving lives of everyone on board and, indeed it is scary to fly "blind" with the radar failure in the plane.
 
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