By Tyler Durden

Passengers on a trans-Pacific flight from New Zealand to New York were surprised to learn about halfway through the flight that a technical issue at one of John F. Kennedy International Airport’s terminals would prevent them from landing. What’s worse is that the Boeing 787 jet made a U-turn in the middle of the Pacific and returned to Auckland.

Air New Zealand Ltd. Flight NZ2 was scheduled to land at JFK Airport’s Terminal 1 at 1740 ET Thursday, but electrical issues and resulting power failure of the terminal prevented the plane from landing.

Flight tracking website Flightradar24 showed Flight NZ2 turned around at the halfway point of its 9,000-mile journey near Hawaii. The disruption created a major headache for passengers as it was a 16-hour trip to nowhere.

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