Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 19, 2010 2:13:19 GMT 12
Glider pilot injured in crash
18/07/2010 22:28:01
A glider pilot has been rescued after crashing in the Nelson Lakes area.
An emergency locator beacon was set off this afternoon and the Summit Rescue Helicopter began a search. It found the glider beneath 25-metre beech trees four miles south of the Lakes Station airstrip.
An advanced paramedic was winched down to the 60-year-old glider pilot, who was assessed before being flown to Nelson Hospital with suspected back injuries.
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=178986
Pilot escapes uninjured in glider crash
Published: 7:51PM Sunday July 18, 2010
Source: NZPA
A 60-year-old man who crashed his glider in thick bush in the Nelson Lakes district this afternoon was lucky to escape without serious injury, said a National Rescue Co-ordination Centre (RCC) spokesman.
Wellington RCC was alerted to the crash by an emergency locator beacon going off close to St Arnaud in Nelson Lakes about 4pm, RCC spokesman Greg Johnston said.
After the beacon went off RCC were able to contact the pilot, who is from Gore, on his cell phone by looking through the registry of locator beacons, Johnston said.
The pilot told the RCC he was uninjured but because he was in thick bush a rescue helicopter from Nelson was sent pick him up, he said.
The pilot and wreckage of the glider were found about 7km south of the St Arnaud Lakes Station airfield beneath 21m beech trees, a Summit Rescue Helicopter spokesperson said.
The pilot was taken to Nelson hospital for assessment with suspected back injuries.
Aircraft crashes, "for obvious reasons", could cause serious injury and the man was lucky to escape with only minor injuries, Johnston said.
The cause of the crash was unknown.
tvnz.co.nz/national-news/pilot-escapes-uninjured-in-glider-crash-3651283
18/07/2010 22:28:01
A glider pilot has been rescued after crashing in the Nelson Lakes area.
An emergency locator beacon was set off this afternoon and the Summit Rescue Helicopter began a search. It found the glider beneath 25-metre beech trees four miles south of the Lakes Station airstrip.
An advanced paramedic was winched down to the 60-year-old glider pilot, who was assessed before being flown to Nelson Hospital with suspected back injuries.
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=178986
Pilot escapes uninjured in glider crash
Published: 7:51PM Sunday July 18, 2010
Source: NZPA
A 60-year-old man who crashed his glider in thick bush in the Nelson Lakes district this afternoon was lucky to escape without serious injury, said a National Rescue Co-ordination Centre (RCC) spokesman.
Wellington RCC was alerted to the crash by an emergency locator beacon going off close to St Arnaud in Nelson Lakes about 4pm, RCC spokesman Greg Johnston said.
After the beacon went off RCC were able to contact the pilot, who is from Gore, on his cell phone by looking through the registry of locator beacons, Johnston said.
The pilot told the RCC he was uninjured but because he was in thick bush a rescue helicopter from Nelson was sent pick him up, he said.
The pilot and wreckage of the glider were found about 7km south of the St Arnaud Lakes Station airfield beneath 21m beech trees, a Summit Rescue Helicopter spokesperson said.
The pilot was taken to Nelson hospital for assessment with suspected back injuries.
Aircraft crashes, "for obvious reasons", could cause serious injury and the man was lucky to escape with only minor injuries, Johnston said.
The cause of the crash was unknown.
tvnz.co.nz/national-news/pilot-escapes-uninjured-in-glider-crash-3651283
