9:30 AM By MONIQUE DEVEREUX
Two men who survived Friday night's helicopter crash on the Auckland Southern Motorway remain in a stable condition in Middlemore Hospital today.
The two volunteer medics were heading to the Parachute Christian music festival in Matamata when the helicopter's directional controls failed.
The 25-year-old pilot, who only wishes to be known as
Peter until all of his family are notified, tried
to make an emergency landing on the motorway near the Bombay service area.
He and his passenger, 38-year-old Jesse O'Neill, were both seriously injured as the chopper crumpled onto
the motorway median barrier.
Motorists pulled the men from the wreckage.
Peter released a statement from hospital yesterday, saying he credited the pair's survival to the excellent
training he received from Ardmore Flying School
over the past five years, and because of the many
prayers and family support around them.
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