The passenger service, from Queenstown, was diverted to Invercargill with the airline confirming it is aware of the incident.

Flight JD385 from Hangzhou touched down in Melbourne just after 4:20am on Tuesday, operated by the A330-200 B-1043. Hangzhou is now the eighth mainland Chinese destination with direct service to Melbourne, and joins Beijing Capital Airlines’ existing route to Qingdao.

Flight ID6015 arrived in Canberra just after 6am on Friday, 14 June, on board the 737-800 PK-LDK, and took off for Bali at 9:16am. Batik Air will operate three return flights per week between Canberra and Denpasar, with 162 seats in each direction including 12 business and 150 economy.

The MQ-4C Triton high altitude, long endurance, remotely piloted aircraft system arrived at RAAF Base Tindal in the top end on 16 June after travelling from the US.