The ATSB has urged engineers to check aircraft documents when conducting maintenance after it emerged the engine’s manufacturer, Honeywell, issued a letter that noted similar mix-ups had occurred previously.

The bureau’s report into the September 2021 incident concluded the pilot of the smaller aircraft had mixed up which runway the larger plane would land on.

The partnership will see Embraer join Air New Zealand’s Mission Next Gen Aircraft initiative, which the kiwi carrier hopes will accelerate its plans to replace its fleet of De Havilland Canada Dash 5-Q300 domestic aircraft and introduce “zero emissions aircraft technology”.

More than 1,500 employees at the company’s facilities in Samlesbury, Lancashire, manufacture the particular part of the outer shell for every F-35 in the global fleet.