It was the second incident of emergency landing at the Auckland airport right after its takeoff. It is said that a bird strike is the possibility for the landing. It was said that the engine had some problem and the captain came to know about it when the plane had reached mid air. Due to that, the pilot shut off the left engine of the airplane and did and emergency landing at the Auckland airport.

But the reports have confirmed that the pilot had informed the passengers on board about the condition and also informed the passengers that the occurrence of fire was not a mark of any serious problem.

At present there is an inspection going on the engines. The engineers have reported no visible problem.