Police find live ammo in passenger s luggage at Christchurch Airport
16 May, 2021 07:03 AM
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Airport police were called after live ammunition was found in a magazine in a passenger s checked luggage. Photo / NZME
Airport police were called after live ammunition was found in a magazine in a passenger s checked luggage. Photo / NZME
Police have discovered two rounds of live ammunition in a passenger s luggage at Christchurch International Airport.
Police were called to the airport this afternoon after the passenger tried to legally check a disabled firearm in his luggage on a domestic flight.
But officers also discovered two live rounds of ammunition inadvertently left in a magazine, a police spokeswoman told the Herald.
A light plane has crashed during a landing at Christchurch International Airport. Police were alerted to the crash at 12.22pm on Thursday. The two people onboard were out of the plane and had no injuries, a police spokesman said. An airport spokeswoman said a light aircraft had a mechanical issue and landed with its wheels up, just south of the intersection of the two airport runways. The two people on board were both safe. The airport remained open as work continued with various agencies, she said.
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A plane has crashed at Christchurch Airport. Photo / George Heard
A plane has landed on its belly at Christchurch International Airport.
The light aircraft landed without wheels after midday today.
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There is no sign of fire.
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Planes are still landing on the east-west runway.
Two occupants of the plane are safe with no injuries, a police spokesperson said.
An airport spokeswoman said: There has been an incident at Christchurch Airport where a light aircraft had a mechanical issue and landed with its wheels up, just south of the intersection of the two airport runways.
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A proposed airport in Central Otago was the target of an Extinction Rebellion protest at the Christchurch City Council. (Video first published in December 2020) Johanson said he had a number of concerns about the new airport, although other councillors have backed away from his amendment. The vote will take place on May 13 and requires support from a majority of councillors to pass. The vote was pushed back on Thursday because staff from holding company Christchurch City Holdings Ltd (CCHL) were not available to answer questions.
Jo McKenzie-McLean/Stuff CCHL was established to create a non-political buffer between the council and its trading businesses.
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