A Kiwi traveller has described the hours-long ordeal passengers endured after anAir New Zealand flight to Sydneylanded following reports of a bomb on board

Some passengers told Radio New Zealand there had been a bomb threat, and the view outside the window backed that up. While it had all the hallmarks of a bomb threat, all Federal Police are saying is they made a thorough search of the aircraft, luggage and passengers, and nothing suspicious was found.

Air New Zealand Flight NZ247 was held at Sydney airport following a "security incident." The airline has apologised for the incident and for the return flight to Wellington being cancelled. The Australian Federal Police are investigating the incident.

Kiwi traveller has described the hours-long ordeal passengers endured after an Air New Zealand flight to Sydney landed following reports of a bomb on board. Flight NZ247 departed Wellington on Saturday with 140 passengers.

A passenger on board the plane at the centre of the bomb threat says they found out what was happening from a news report. A passenger says they were held on board for an hour and a half because of a "bomb scare".