Fire and Emergency was on standby for the from Auckland to Napier just before 7.30 this morning - but weren't required.

The aircraft will now go through a mandatory inspection before it is allowed to return to service.

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23 Jul: A lockdown's lifted at Hawke's Bay Hospital - with reports of a man seen in handcuffs

23 Jul: Hawke's Bay Hospital has locked down - with armed police surrounding the building

23 Jul: More than 60 calves have been stolen from a roadside paddock on State Highway 2 near Dannevirke in Manawatu

22 Jul: A motorcyclist's died in a crash with a car on State Highway 1 at Manakau, between Otaki and Levin - in the lower North Island

18 Jul: A Hastings woman's been sentenced to more than four years in prison, for hitting and killing a girl cycling to a dairy in January

15 Jul: Police are investigating after a cannabis cake was taken to a shared lunch at Hawke's Bay Hospital

15 Jul: One person has died in a crash south of Palmerston North

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