China has banned the landing of a New Zealand aircraft that has "wrongly" described Taiwan as an independent country

An Air New Zealand plane had to return to Auckland after Chinese authorities will deny him permission to land because of an error in the documents that causes almost a diplomatic crisis, said Tuesday the digital newspaper Tips.

According to various sources quoted by the New Zealand publication, Saturday flight NZ289 to Shanghai he included in his documents a reference to Taiwan as an independent country that angered the Chinese authorities.

The People's Republic of China, whose capital is Beijing, claims the territory of Taiwan, which considers itself independent and calls itself the Republic of China and whose capital is Taipei.

The difference dates back to 1949, when Communists led by Mao Tse Tung triumphed in the civil war and took control of most of the country, while Chiang Kai-shek's nationalists fled to Taiwan.

Share, this way, language, culture and history, even if they remain politically opposed.

Since then Beijing has not given up the possibility of annexing the island and insists diplomatically to be recognized as the only legitimate Chinese authority, threatening to sever relations with countries that recognize Taiwan.

according to Tips, the Chinese authorities warned Air New Zealand in 2018 that it should remove any reference to Taiwan as an independent state both in its institutional communications and in the documents submitted for permission to land in China.

But, apparently, there was an error in the documents presented by the airline, specifically in the documents of the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority included in the permit application, which caused the unexpected

The Boeing 787-9 ZK-NZQ registration plate He had been flying for several hours with 270 people on board and was heading to Shanghai when he had to return to Auckland.

It is not clear exactly what was wrong, but Air New Zealand started to cover the road between Auckland and Taipei in November, and the one on Saturday was the first flight of ZK-NZQ plane in the connection between Auckland and Shanghai, so that an obsolete procedure specific to the aircraft could have been the key.

According to a statement by the airline published by Bloomberg, lThe application filed with China included a list of destinations operated by the company and this list included Taipei., although no more details have been offered.

From the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was simply stated that the plane "I had not treated a proper landing permit" since it was an aircraft temporarily destined for this route.

At the moment the problematic situation was resolved airplane changeand flight NZ289 covered the road between Auckland and Shanghai on Wednesday with a Boeing 787 ZK-NZC registration plate, according to the aerial surveillance website Flightradar24.

China's demanding orders

China's civil aviation administration has extended the demand not to make Taiwan an independent state a lot of airlines.

That's for the Australian Qantas speaks on its official website of "territory" instead of "country" in reference to the island.

Air New Zealand promotes flights to Taipei by talking about a "destination in Central Asia" and a "subtropical region", without referring to his political status.

As well American Airlines, Delta Airlines, United Continental Airlines, Hawaii, Air France and Lufthansa have accepted Beijing's orders, as indicated Bloomberg.

New Zealand Premier Jacinda Ardern, he quickly tried to avoid a diplomatic crisis and disengaged his government from Saturday's incident, loading responsibility on the airline.

Although they are important trading partners, New Zealand and China relations between the two countries have recently deteriorated due to charges in the archipelago of a growing cyber-espionage campaign and China's interference in New Zealand's affairsas well as the political and commercial conflict between Washington and Beijing.