Prior to the suspension of domestic passenger services , the airline ( as at January 2001 ) operated services to the following scheduled destinations : Ansett New Zealand 's first accident involved a BAe 146-200 that ran off the end of the runway at Queenstown Airport on 28 April 1990 . However the aircraft only suffered minor damage . Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 was an Ansett New Zealand scheduled passenger transport flight from Auckland Airport to Palmerston North . On 9 June 1995 , the Dash 8 aircraft flying this route crashed west of the Tararua Ranges and 16 km east of Palmerston North airport , during an instrument approach in bad weather . The aircraft was carrying 18 passengers and three crew members . All passengers were New Zealand citizens except for a single United States citizen . The flight attendant and three passengers died as a result of the crash
Ansett New Zealand Flight 703
Ansett New Zealand Flight 703
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