"I was thinking 'this is the day I die, the is the day my plane crashes'." "I said to the lady next to me 'oh my god, that's our left engine gone'. But the plane continued ascending and about 30 seconds later the captain came over the address system, Nichols said. We've had to shut down the left engine because of a problem, but don't worry the plane is perfectly capable of flying on one engine'. " The flight was almost full and included half a dozen children travelling without their parents, but everyone remained calm during the emergency, Nichols said.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 09, 2016 02:52 UTC