Officials in New Zealand said that its Boeing 757 for the prime minister is so prone to breakdowns that a backup plane was sent during the prime minister’s trip to China.

In August, Defense Minister Peeni Henare and a 30-person delegation got stuck in the Solomon Islands after their plane broke down. In 2016, then-prime minister John Key even had to cut short a ...

New Zealand uses Betty, an aging Boeing 757, to transport Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. Betty's so prone to breakdowns that they sent an empty backup so he didn't get stranded in China.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has been criticized for bringing a backup plane on his visit to China this week, with opposition leaders pointing to excess planet-warming emissions ...

The New Zealand defence force plane flying New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to Japan broke down on Sunday, forcing the Prime Minister to take a commercial flight, his office ...

By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — If a plane has to make an unscheduled landing, that often means there’s been some kind of medical emergency on board.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, June 13, visited the crash site of the Air India plane in Ahmedabad; Modi met Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the lone survivor of the deadly Air India plane crash ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — A small passenger plane crashed Sunday morning into Lake Victoria on approach to an airport in Tanzania, and the country's prime minister says 19 people on board were killed.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Governor General Cindy Kiro welcome Chinese Premier Li Qiang with a traditional Maori welcome and honour guard, during Li Qiang's visit to New ...

(CNN) — If a plane has to make an unscheduled landing, that often means there’s been some kind of medical emergency on board. But an Air New Zealand plane had a very different reason for ...