Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 2, 2017 13:25:06 GMT 12
Two dead after light plane crash in the Catlins video
Last updated 13:04, April 2 2017
Two people are dead after a light plane crashed at Kaka Point, south of Dunedin.
A St John spokesman said two ambulances and two helicopters were first called to the scene about 10.10am.
The crash site was in a farm paddock on Wright Road, off the Owaka Highway, 20km south of Balclutha.
Emergency services at the scene where a microlight crashed in a farm paddock on Wright Road, off the Owaka Highway in the Kaka Point area, 20km south of Balclutha.
"The ambulances got there, assessed the situation and the helicopters were stood down because of the fatalities."
A Civil Aviation Authority spokesman said the plane was a Rans S6 and had two people on board.
Police said they were notifying next of kin of the two who died.
A Rans S6, similar to the plane that crashed at Kaka Point (file photo).
A joint investigation will be carried out by Police and the Civil Aviation Authority.
Kaka Point, south of Dunedin.
www.stuff.co.nz/national/91112703/microlight-crash-in-the-catlins
Last updated 13:04, April 2 2017
Two people are dead after a light plane crashed at Kaka Point, south of Dunedin.
A St John spokesman said two ambulances and two helicopters were first called to the scene about 10.10am.
The crash site was in a farm paddock on Wright Road, off the Owaka Highway, 20km south of Balclutha.
Emergency services at the scene where a microlight crashed in a farm paddock on Wright Road, off the Owaka Highway in the Kaka Point area, 20km south of Balclutha.
"The ambulances got there, assessed the situation and the helicopters were stood down because of the fatalities."
A Civil Aviation Authority spokesman said the plane was a Rans S6 and had two people on board.
Police said they were notifying next of kin of the two who died.
A Rans S6, similar to the plane that crashed at Kaka Point (file photo).
A joint investigation will be carried out by Police and the Civil Aviation Authority.
Kaka Point, south of Dunedin.
www.stuff.co.nz/national/91112703/microlight-crash-in-the-catlins
