New Zealand's airspace shuts down after fire alarm in radar centre

Planes briefly grounded across the country over ‘fault with main air traffic system’

A fire alarm in New Zealand’s radar centre effectively shut down the country’s airspace, halting planes from taking off for a short time on Monday afternoon.

Planes were stranded on the tarmac and landings were being “managed” by Airways NZ after the country’s navigation service provider confirmed “a fault with our main air traffic system”.

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