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SCOTT HAMMOND/Stuff.co.nz 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 ...

| A false positive Covid test result cut short a Quantum of the Seas sailing from Singapore. For much of this year, cruise executives touted Covid-19 testing as the most important weapon in the battle against the virus. The industry has been vocal about being the only travel segment that requires testing of every customer as well as its onboard crews. And testing, combined with a layered regimen of protocols such as mask-wearing, social distancing and restricted shore excursions, has enabled cruise lines to resume service in small numbers in Europe and Asia. As recently as early October, MSC...

Civil Aviation Authority investigating helicopter crashes involving power lines 18 Dec, 2020 02:29 AM 2 minutes to read The helicopter pilot who survived a crash in Mahia was taken to Gisborne Hospital. Photo / Gisborne Herald The helicopter pilot who survived a crash in Mahia was taken to Gisborne Hospital. Photo / Gisborne Herald NZ Herald Two helicopter crashes this week came after they struck power lines during spray operations, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says. Both crashes, one near Te Kuiti and another in Mahia, involved Robinson R44 helicopters that were conducting agricultural...

Helicopter crash in Mahia likely caused by wire strike 16 Dec, 2020 11:40 PM 2 minutes to read The helicopter pilot who survived a crash in Mahia was taken to Gisborne Hospital. Photo / Gisborne Herald The helicopter pilot who survived a crash in Mahia was taken to Gisborne Hospital. Photo / Gisborne Herald A helicopter that crashed in rural Mahia on Wednesday is believed to have struck wires prior to the incident. The pilot, a 43-year-old man, was the only person on board the helicopter when it crashed shortly after 6am. A Waikato District Health Board spokeswoman said the man in his 40s rem...

Inspectors at the crash site in Kekerengu. Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal A witness reported seeing the Airbus Helicopter EC120 spiralling out of control and plummeting to the ground close to the helicopter landing site near a cafe. In July this year the American Federal Aviation Administration issued an updated airworthiness directive for all Airbus EC120b helicopters, prompted by matters associated with their tail rotor blades. It said that a changed manufacturing process for the tail rotor blades was implemented, affecting the structural characteristics of the blades and generating a new part nu...