5 Feb 2020

Air NZ Wuhan evacuation flight lands in Auckland

From Checkpoint, 6:12 pm on 5 February 2020

At Auckland Airport the Air New Zealand plane carrying nearly 200 people who were stranded in Wuhan has touched down.

The flight picked up 190 people from Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus outbreak.

One person was stopped from boarding the flight after being screened because they were unwell.

ANZ1942 also carried evacuees from 11 other countries.

Checkpoint reporter Nita Blake-Persen joined us live from Auckland Airport.