Why an Air New Zealand plane made an unscheduled detour in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Commercial flight detours for NZ Prime Minister Stranded on his way to a summit in Tokyo READ MORE: Single photo of New Zealand politician eating dinner sparks fury By Freddy Pawle For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:30 EDT, 18 June 2024 | Updated: 10:54 EDT, 18 June 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Surprised passengers on an international commercial flight were hit with a bizarre delay after their plane was re-routed to pick up New Zealand Prime Minister Cristopher Luxon. The Air New Zealand flight collected the PM after he became stranded in Papua New Guinea when the government aircraft he was due to fly on broke down on Sunday. He and a group of 50 prominent business leaders had been en route to Tokyo for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida when the Royal New Zealand Defence Force plane they were travelling in stopped in Port Moresby to refuel.
But the 30-year-old Boeing 757 was unable to continue the journey due to a fuse issue. Mr Luxon and three staff arrived in Tokyo on schedule thanks to the commercial flight, while others in the group spent the night in Port Moresby. NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (pictured) was briefley stranded in Papua New Guinea after a fuse malfunction with the Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft he was travelling in Read More NZ Prime Minister gets into a war of words with Aussie cricket star Usman Khawaja over bombshell comment about l.
