Air NZ aircraft catches fire on Wellington landing

An aircraft has landed at Wellington Airport trailing smoke and fire after an engine fire and emergency crews can be seen.

A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesperson confirmed to RNZ there was an engine fire.

Dramatic video posted on social media shows the plane landing trailing smoke behind it.

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A Fire and Emergency spokesperson says they were called to an ATR engine fire at the airport shortly after 4pm.

She said the fire had been extinguished by the time emergency crew arrived at the scene.

The plane landed safely and 40 passengers disembarked.

Multiple flights have been diverted from landing in Wellington, the airport website shows.

Reporting: RNZ and FENZ