Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 27, 2007 16:54:38 GMT 12
Topdressing plane sparks callout
NZPA | Saturday, 27 January 2007
A topdressing plane sparked a police and helicopter call-out today after reports a light plane had crashed in Taranaki this morning.
Senior Sergeant Selwyn Wansbrough told NZPA a motorist saw a light plane disappear over a hill near Mahanui, about 70km north-east of Waitara, followed by what they believed to be a cloud of smoke.
Police and an Air Rescue Centre helicopter were deployed but found no sign of a crash.
Mr Wansbrough said it was believed the motorist saw a topdressing plane working in the area but, being unfamiliar with such things, had thought the fertiliser it was dropping was smoke.
From www.stuff.co.nz/3942328a11.html
NZPA | Saturday, 27 January 2007
A topdressing plane sparked a police and helicopter call-out today after reports a light plane had crashed in Taranaki this morning.
Senior Sergeant Selwyn Wansbrough told NZPA a motorist saw a light plane disappear over a hill near Mahanui, about 70km north-east of Waitara, followed by what they believed to be a cloud of smoke.
Police and an Air Rescue Centre helicopter were deployed but found no sign of a crash.
Mr Wansbrough said it was believed the motorist saw a topdressing plane working in the area but, being unfamiliar with such things, had thought the fertiliser it was dropping was smoke.
From www.stuff.co.nz/3942328a11.html
