A Jetstar flight travelling to Wellington from Auckland this morning was forced to turn around after an engineering issue on board the craft.
Jetstar flight 259 had barely made it to Port Waikato before circling back to Auckland Airport shortly after departing at 10.30am.
According to a passenger on board, the flight the plane was struggling to climb.
"The plane didn't seem to have any power and was flying very bottom heavy like we were still taking off.