US plane-maker Boeing says a specially-enlarged 747 jumbo jet has successfully taken off from a short runway after mistakenly landing at a tiny airport in the state of Kansas.
The huge Atlas Air Dreamlifter cargo jet had been heading for McConnell air force base in Wichita, but instead touched down at nearby Colonel James Jabara airport.
No-one was injured and no property damage occurred when the plane landed.
There had been questions as to whether the aircraft would be able to depart from the much shorter runway at Jabara.
The Dreamlifter normally needs a runway of 2780 metres to get airborne at maximum weight but Jabara's runway is only 1860 metres long - about the same size as the runway at Wellington's airport.
A tug vehicle was sent to the airport to turn around the giant cargo plane.
The Dreamlifter is a modified 747-400 passenger aeroplane, which can carry more cargo by volume than any aeroplane in the world, according to Boeing.
