[3] The flight was the subject of an unsuccessful hijack attempt on 8 February 2008 during which both pilots and a passenger suffered knife wounds.

Ten minutes after takeoff from Woodbourne Airport in Blenheim, at about 7:40 a.m. (NZDT),[4] Asha Ali Abdille attacked both of the pilots and demanded the plane be flown to Australia.

[8] On 1 March 2005, the then-Immigration Minister Paul Swain was questioned in Parliament regarding unrelated incidents whether he was confident that Abdille "is not a threat to the New Zealand community".

At her trial in 2010 where she was represented by prominent human rights and criminal barrister Antony Shaw, Abdille pleaded guilty to the charge of attempting to hijack an aircraft, and was sentenced to 9 years in jail.

Released on 23 April 2009, it found domestic flights of fewer than 90 seats with unscreened passengers and carry-on baggage were a high-risk situation.