Autopilot was switched off late before Auckland runway excursion

Labor NSW MLC Stephen Lawrence joined Mark Jeffreson, the party’s candidate for Riverina, to collect signatures at Wagga Wagga Airport, one of Rex’s major bases. The petition follows the start of a new private sale process for the airline last month.

The Cairns route is one of 10 that had been operated by Bonza from its former Sunshine Coast hub until it went into voluntary administration in April, and was announced in June hours after administrator Hall Chadwick announced it would seek to wind the…