Police board Air NZ flight over in-flight meal

Police boarded the flight after a woman caused a massive drama over her in-flight meal. Photo / iStock

Police boarded an Air New Zealand flight from Auckland upon its arrival in Shanghai after a woman on board "nearly caused a riot" over her inflight meal.

TVNZ reporter Katie Bradford tweeted about the incident, joking the woman's meltdown was the "definition of hangry."

Police boarded my flight in Shanghai because a woman nearly caused a riot when they didn't have the meal she wanted. Definition of Hangry.

— Katie Bradford (@katieabradford) April 14, 2016

"Police boarded my flight in Shanghai because a woman nearly caused a riot when they didn't have the meal she wanted," she wrote.

"Definition of Hangry."

Air New Zealand said in a statement police met NZ289 on arrival in Shanghai this morning after a "passenger disturbance" on board, Fairfax reported.

The airline could not comment further as the matter was now with police, a spokeswoman said.