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Air Rangitata admits charge brought by Civil Aviation Authority 1 Feb, 2021 10:36 PM 4 minutes to read A pilot is accused of flying without the right paperwork. Photo / 123RF An experienced pilot who flew Chinese holidaymakers over flooding roads and closed bridges so they could make their international flight home allegedly breached Civil Aviation Authority rules, a court has been told. The pilot is accused of not having the right paperwork after chartering a small aircraft to help out a Chinese tour guide, and get some tourists travelling in the South Island to Christchurch International Ai...

When floods blocked a Canterbury highway in 2019, stranded travellers were charged $200 each for a flight to safety. But their pilot should not have been flying them.

When floods blocked a Canterbury highway in 2019, stranded travellers were charged $200 each for a flight to safety. But their pilot should not have been flying them.

“We were starting to get worried about 9pm, so a group of us went up to the first river crossing and had a look. “It was starting to get dark, and we also had friends looking from the bridge on State Highway 1 but no one could see anything,” Shaw said. Shaw said police conducted an overnight search using thermal imaging equipment but found nothing. "We thought we might have had some communications from him but there was nothing overnight. ”The river had come up overnight as well,” he said. Bejon Haswell/Stuff Michael Jones, left, and Glenn Shaw have been praised for the rescue ...

John Bisset/Stuff The Timaru District Council might have to rethink its State Highway 79 realignment proposal through Geraldine. (File photo) A report citing “very strong” opposition to a proposed highway realignment through Geraldine has called for the Timaru District Council to reconsider the project. The public were asked for feedback on the realignment of State Highway 79 through Talbot and Kennedy streets as part of consultation on a Geraldine transport strategy. Of 65 submissions received, 49 were opposed to the proposal which would change Geraldine's main traffic route. Abley C...