20/12/2020
Watch: The helicopter crashed at the beach near the Kekerengu Rivermouth. Credits: Newshub.
A funeral for the couple killed in a helicopter crash north of KaikÅura is planned for the coming week.
Canterbury pilot Andrew Davidson, 60, and his wife Lin Chen were killed when their EC120 helicopter spiralled out of control and crashed as it came in to land at The Store cafe and campground at Kekerengu for lunch just before 1pm last Tuesday.
Their two children, along with a school friend, were seriously injured in the crash.
A service for the couple will be held in Westpark Chapel in Christchurch on Wednesday 23 December, followed by a private cremation.
Kēkerengū/Kaikōura helicopter crash: Funerals for parents who died, leaving children orphans
19 Dec, 2020 07:08 PM
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Locals raced to help free survivors from the wreckage of a helicopter that came down at a rivermouth north of Kaikōura. Video / Will Trafford
Locals raced to help free survivors from the wreckage of a helicopter that came down at a rivermouth north of Kaikōura. Video / Will Trafford
Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask
The couple who died in a helicopter crash north of Kaikoura this week - leaving their young children without parents a week before Christmas - will be farewelled at a funeral on Wednesday.
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Two people died and three others, all children, were seriously injured when a helicopter crashed onto a rocky beach at the mouth of the Kekerengu River, near Kaikōura.
A funeral for a couple who was killed when a helicopter went down on a rocky beach, about 40 kilometres north of Kaikōura, will be held in Christchurch two days before Christmas. Andrew Hamish Davidson, 60, and wife Lin Chen, 39, will be farewelled at a service at Westpark Chapel in Burnside on Wednesday. A private cremation will be held after. Davidson was the pilot of the helicopter that crashed at the mouth of the Kekerengu River during a flight from Christchurch about 12.40pm on Tuesday.