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A paramotor pilot who died on a flight on the West Coast was seen flying at a low height before the fatal accident. The CAA's now warning pilots to be aware of height requirements.

A paraglider is in hospital after a crash north of Queenstown this morning.  A police spokesperson confirmed officers received a report of a paraglider cra

She was found conscious at the crash scene but later died of her injuries. Philip Jansen van Rensburg reported his wife obtained weather information from various websites before leaving home that morning and told him it “looked good for flying”. A Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) investigation was launched and several pilots said conditions seemed to match the forecasts. However, some pilots who flew that day said wind conditions were “more turbulent and challenging” than had been forecast or assessed from the ground. One pilot said he would not have taken off if he had known how r...

Paraglider above weight range before fatal crash at Mt Cheeseman 21 Apr, 2021 10:24 PM 2 minutes to read The accident happened near Mt Cheeseman ski area at Castle Hill. Photo / Mark Mitchell NZ Herald A paraglider pilot was found to be above the weight range in an investigation into his death after a crash at a Canterbury skifield. The experienced overseas pilot was conscious after the accident at Mount Cheeseman but later died of injuries on January 14 last year. The Civil Aviation Authority report found turbulence was the most probable cause of the wing collapsing twice and that the pilot ...

A Manukau man's become the first in New Zealand to be prosecuted over a drone collision. 19 February 2021 The man's drone collided with a trainee paraglider at Karioitahi Beach near Waiuku in 2018. Dean Winter, from the Civil Aviation Authority, says it's lucky the paraglider pilot wasn't killed or seriously injured The drone operator's been fined one thousand dollars.