The Civil Aviation Authority of Fiji has refused to make any further comments following claims of a major investigation into a near mid air collision between a Air New Zealand and a Virgin Australia airliner as reported in one of the dailies yesterday.
Both Air New Zealand and V Australia have confirmed to Fijivillage news that there was no such incident and the two aircrafts were never on a collision course as claimed.
When contacted today, CAAFI CEO Netava Waqa said he cannot comment on the matter.
Virgin Blue Airlines Group said it is aware of the recent inaccurate media report describing an occurrence in the Fijian airspace on May 7th as a near miss.
Manager Public Affairs, Colin Lippiatt said this is not the case.
Lippiatte said the flight crew of both aircraft knew exactly where each aircraft was at all times.
Lippiatte also confirmed that the V Australia flight in question was not on its way to Fiji, but was a flight from Brisbane to Los Angeles which happened to be passing over the Fiji airspace.
Air New Zealand has expressed concern at what it said are sensationalised media reports of a near mid air collision between its aircraft and a Virgin Australia plane.
A Spokesperson for Air New Zealand Lara Harrison also said both aircraft were in constant communication with Nadi Air Traffic Control and were aware of each other's location.
She stressed that there was never risk of a collision, contrary to reports on the front page of the Fiji Times yesterday.
The newspaper article claimed that the two aircrafts were only seconds away from disaster.
