11:30 AM
A former Ansett pilot will stand trial on charges relating to the crash of a Dash 8 plane near Palmerston North five years ago.
Following a depositions hearing in the Palmerston North District Court pilot Gary Sotheran was committed to stand trial on four charges of manslaughter and three charges of causing injury.
Four people died when the aircraft plunged into the foothills of the Tararua Ranges on a flight between Auckland and Palmerston North on June 9, 1995.
- HERALD ONLINE STAFF and IRN
Former Ansett pilot committed to trial
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