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 "attribution": "No operator or responsible organisation established by the reviewed sources.",
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 "attributionStatus": "none",
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 "category": "airport",
 "checkedAt": "2026-10-28",
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  {
   "assessment": "supports",
   "axis": "impact",
   "claimant": "1News / Air New Zealand",
   "id": "operations-pause",
   "note": "Short literal passage read on the public source page; reported drone presence is not technical identification.",
   "originId": "airnz-auckland-20180306",
   "quote": "suspend all operations for a minimum of 30 minutes",
   "quoteCheckedAt": "2026-10-16",
   "quoteTranslation": {},
   "relay": "relayed",
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   "statement": "1News reports at least a half-hour suspension."
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  {
   "assessment": "context",
   "axis": "attribution",
   "claimant": "New Zealand police via NZALPA",
   "id": "police-no-leads",
   "note": "Short literal passage read on the public source page; reported drone presence is not technical identification.",
   "originId": "nzalpa-police-20180306",
   "quote": "Police have reported that they do not have any current leads",
   "quoteCheckedAt": "2026-10-16",
   "quoteTranslation": {},
   "relay": "relayed",
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   "statement": "The association relayed that police had no current leads on the operator."
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  {
   "assessment": "supports",
   "axis": "drone",
   "claimant": "Air New Zealand",
   "id": "pilot-report",
   "note": "Short literal passage read on the public source page; reported drone presence is not technical identification.",
   "originId": "airnz-auckland-20180306",
   "quote": "one of our Q300 pilots spotted the drone",
   "quoteCheckedAt": "2026-10-16",
   "quoteTranslation": {},
   "relay": "relayed",
   "sourceIndex": 0,
   "statement": "The airline says a pilot reported a drone."
  },
  {
   "assessment": "supports",
   "axis": "impact",
   "claimant": "New Zealand Air Line Pilots’ Association",
   "id": "union-wider-disruption-measure",
   "note": "Checked against an immutable full source snapshot. Source wording supports this attributed statement; shared originals and limits are explained in the evidence section.",
   "originId": "nzalpa-release-20180306",
   "quote": "A drone that caused 20 aircraft to divert landing",
   "quoteCheckedAt": "2026-10-28",
   "quoteTranslation": {},
   "relay": "direct",
   "sourceIndex": 1,
   "statement": "The association described 20 aircraft as affected by diversion, a broader measure than independently verified off-airport landings."
  },
  {
   "assessment": "supports",
   "axis": "context",
   "claimant": "Air New Zealand quoted by1News",
   "id": "airline-pilot-alert",
   "note": "Checked against an immutable full source snapshot. Source wording supports this attributed statement; shared originals and limits are explained in the evidence section.",
   "originId": "air-new-zealand-pilot-report-20180306",
   "quote": "immediately alerted Air Traffic Control",
   "quoteCheckedAt": "2026-10-28",
   "quoteTranslation": {},
   "relay": "relayed",
   "sourceIndex": 0,
   "statement": "The airline’s account says its pilot alerted air traffic control."
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 "corroboration": "curated",
 "country": "New Zealand",
 "countryCode": "NZ",
 "date": "2018-03-06",
 "dateKind": "event",
 "droneStatus": "reported",
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  0,
  1
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 "droneTypes": [],
 "evidence": "1 News directly quotes Air New Zealand’s operational account. NZALPA is a distinct professional association with its own policy response, but it is still discussing the same reported pilot sighting and relaying police information. The sources independently contribute an airline response and a pilots’ association position; they are not two technical drone detections. The release date within the association text and the webpage posting date are distinguished rather than used to invent a new incident.",
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 "id": "auckland-airport-drone-report-2018-03-06",
 "impact": "The cited airline coverage establishes a reported operational interruption of at least 30 minutes and one flight diverting for refuelling. The association described broader disruption and called for policy changes. The broader figure retains its attribution and is not converted into a precise verified loss or cancellation total.",
 "impactStatus": "confirmed",
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  0,
  1
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 "operationalEffects": [],
 "outcome": [],
 "place": "Auckland",
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 "review": "editor",
 "revision": 2,
 "scope": "single",
 "series": [],
 "sources": [
  {
   "family": "tvnz",
   "label": "1News: Air New Zealand statement and diversion",
   "published": "2018-03-06",
   "url": "https://www.1news.co.nz/2018/03/06/air-nz-flight-forced-to-divert-to-ohakea-air-force-base-due-to-rogue-drone-sighting-near-auckland-airport/"
  },
  {
   "family": "nzalpa",
   "label": "NZALPA: same-day pilot-association statement",
   "published": "2018-03-06",
   "url": "https://www.nzalpa.org.nz/Comms/Media-Releases/drone-incident-at-akl-airport-nzalpa-calls-again-for-registrationlicencing-of-operators"
  }
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 "summary": "A reported drone sighting led to a suspension of operations at Auckland Airport on 6 March 2018. An airline pilot alerted air traffic control; 1 News reported a suspension of at least 30 minutes and an arriving Air New Zealand flight diverting for refuelling. The pilots’ association issued a separate statement dated 6 March, displayed on a webpage headed 7 March, calling for registration and education of drone operators. It described 20 aircraft as affected by diversion. That wider advocacy-statement figure is not treated as a verified count of 20 off-airport landings or added to the separately described flight.",
 "timeline": [
  {
   "date": "2018-03-06",
   "source": 0,
   "text": "Operations at Auckland Airport were suspended for at least half an hour on 6 March 2018 after an airline pilot reported a drone. An arriving Air New Zealand flight diverted for refuelling."
  },
  {
   "date": "2018-03-06",
   "source": 1,
   "text": "The pilots’ association issues a statement describing broader disruption and calling for operator registration and education; the page displays a 7 March posting heading."
  }
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 "title": "Auckland Airport suspends operations after pilot drone report",
 "unknown": "The aircraft’s identity and operator, and the final outcome of any inquiry, are not established. The association’s 20-aircraft description does not specify a independently checked set of off-airport diversions. A reported threat and an advocacy call do not establish a collision or a change in law.",
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