Air New Zealand Boeing 777 with Hole will Fly Back from Brisbane to Auckland: The aircraft collided with an airbridge, resulting in a 7 cm-wide hole in the fuselage skin beneath the captain’s window. This damage prompted the immediate cancellation of flight NZ146 to Auckland (AKL) and a full engineering inspection on-site. After consulting with Boeing engineers, Air New Zealand confirmed that the aircraft will be flown back to Auckland under specific safety protocols. It will cruise at roughly 10,000 feet—about one-third of its normal operating altitude—with an unpressurised cabin and no passengers or cargo onboard.