Two injured as light aircraft crashes through power line int

Two injured as light aircraft crashes through power line into a paddock


A light plane has crashed in a farm paddock near Glentui in North Canterbury.
A light aeroplane from a Canterbury club snapped a power line before crashing into a farm paddock and ending up on its nose, leaving the two men on board in hospital.
Emergency services were called to the Glentui area of the Waimakariri district, north-west of Christchurch, at about 11.35am on Wednesday.
Two members of the Canterbury Recreational Aircraft Club aboard the plane were injured, one seriously and another moderately.
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A spokesman for Garden City Helicopters, which operates the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, said the aircraft was sitting upright on its nose when crews arrived.

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