Touching down at Christchurch during the early hours of 19 June was Western Global Airlines Boeing 747-400BCF N356KD. The ex Japan Airlines and more recently Atlas Air Boeing converted freighter flew direct from San Bernardino, California as WGN3145 carrying a spare number 1 JT9 engine for NASA's Boeing 747SP N747NA which has been unservicable since the middle of the week.
