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Post by stu on Sept 4, 2010 14:02:08 GMT 12
BREAKING NEWS: A small sight-seeing plane is believed to have crashed at Fox Glacier.
It was understood to have had five people on board.
TVNZ reported three deaths.
More details to follow.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 4, 2010 14:27:28 GMT 12
Very bad news.
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Post by area51 on Sept 4, 2010 14:30:15 GMT 12
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Post by flyjoe180 on Sept 4, 2010 14:49:50 GMT 12
Oh no, what a day.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Sept 4, 2010 15:05:24 GMT 12
They are now saying 9 people killed  |
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Post by thomarse on Sept 4, 2010 15:13:32 GMT 12
I've got a horrible, horrible feeling.................
I feel quite ill.
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Post by corsair67 on Sept 4, 2010 15:39:22 GMT 12
I've got a horrible, horrible feeling................. I feel quite ill. Same here - as isn't there a member of this forum involved with EUF and its new life as a skydive ship? |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 4, 2010 15:51:08 GMT 12
This is an absolute tragedy. I'm just stunned.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 4, 2010 18:02:14 GMT 12
Am I right in thinking this is the worst New Zealand air disaster since Erebus, in terms of numbers who've sadly died?
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Post by flyjoe180 on Sept 4, 2010 18:14:52 GMT 12
Yes I think so Dave. Very sad indeed.
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Post by thomarse on Sept 4, 2010 18:57:03 GMT 12
Terrible subject, but I think there were 10 fatalities in the Islander EVK on the Dart Glacier.
There was a similar number in an accident on (from memory) the neve of the Franz Josef Glacier about the same time and involving something unusual - a twin turbo-prop, Dornier?
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Post by Bruce on Sept 4, 2010 18:59:07 GMT 12
Nomad ZK-NOM was the Franz Joseph Crash, killed 9 including my mate Roy Broughton. Nasty business....
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Post by hawkesbay on Sept 5, 2010 7:06:31 GMT 12
Gutting news, feel sorry for all involed and family
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Post by 11SQNLDR on Sept 5, 2010 8:29:21 GMT 12
I copied this from a Telegraph.co.uk reporter: NZ air disasters - The plane crash that killed nine people near the Fox Glacier airstrip yesterday is New Zealand's worst air disaster in nearly 17 years, since nine people were killed near the West Coast's other iconic glacier, Franz Josef. The biggest disaster involving a New Zealand-owned aircraft occurred on November 28, 1979, when an Air New Zealand DC10 crashed on Mt Erebus in Antarctica, killing all 257 passengers and crew. The biggest air disasters in this country have been: * 1942 - Liberator bomber crashes near Whenuapai, 14 dead. * Oct 23, 1948 - NAC Electra crashes on Mt Ruapehu, 13 dead. * Mar 18, 1949 - NAC Lodestar crashes on approach to Paraparaumu, 15 dead. * July 3, 1963 - NAC DC3 crashes in the Kaimai Ranges, 25 dead. * Aug 8, 1989 - Britten-Normander Islander crashes between Milford Sound and Wanaka, 10 dead. My heart goes out to all the families, friends and work mates of those involved, truly a sad day |
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Post by Brett on Sept 5, 2010 9:30:47 GMT 12
Police have released the names of the nine people who died in a fiery plane crash in Fox Glacier yesterday. The pilot was 33-year-old Chaminda Senadhira from Queenstown. The four dive masters were Adam Bennett, 47, from Motueka; Michael Suter, 32 from New Plymouth; Christopher McDonald, 62, from Mapua; Rodney Miller, 55, from Greymouth. The four tourists who died were Patrick Byrne, 26, from County Wexford, Ireland; Glenn Bourke, 18, from Coburg, Victoria, Australia; Annita Kirsten, 23, from Germany; and Brad Coker, 24, from Farnborough, England. www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/south-island/4097440/Nine-dead-as-plane-crashes-in-fireball |
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Post by hardyakka on Sept 5, 2010 11:33:32 GMT 12
Terrible news. Tragic loss for the whole community and their visitors.
Was EUF really just a "Fletcher"? Did it have a turbine conversion?
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Post by Deane B on Sept 5, 2010 11:40:03 GMT 12
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Post by Fletcher400 on Sept 5, 2010 14:42:37 GMT 12
Shocking news, Thoughts go out to all families involved in this terrible incident.
As Deane said, only recently re-furbished out a few months back for para work.
Not the best day the South Island has had on 2 accounts.
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Post by zkbhj on Sept 5, 2010 15:38:39 GMT 12
Very sad day for NZ aviation & southwestland aviation tragic. Thoughts r with everyone involved with this sad day.
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Post by flyjoe180 on Sept 5, 2010 18:04:07 GMT 12
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