Police were alerted to a light plane incident about 12.15pm. Image / Google
Police were alerted to a light plane incident about 12.15pm. Image / Google
A plane has "tipped over on landing", injuring two people - one seriously.
The incident at Dargaville Aerodrome, 57km west of Whāngārei, was reported to police as a plane crash at 12.15pm, a police spokeswoman said.
Two people had been taken by St John Ambulance to hospital - theseriously injured person to Whāngārei Base Hospital and the moderately injured person to Dargaville Hospital, a St John spokeswoman said.
A man who answered the phone at Dargaville Aero Club said a two-seater plane, an RV, had tipped over on landing.
