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Pilot suffers back injuries in glider crash-landing

Glider death to remain a mystery

What caused a Hororata pilot to fly his glider into the side of a mountain near Omarama in a fatal crash in January last year may never be definitively known.

Rigger a 'bloody hero' in chopper crash

A rigging supervisor who narrowly escaped death in a helicopter crash is fighting to overturn official findings that hold him partly responsible.

Skydiver killed in accident named

The 38-year-old Italian man who died in a skydiving accident while filming a tandem jump in Wanaka yesterday has been named.

Skydiver killed as chute fails

An Italian man is dead after his parachute failed to open on a skydiving flight and he crashed to his death in front of a horrified Wanaka man.

Skydiver killed near Wanaka

A skydiver has been killed near Wanaka today after falling to his death near the town's airport and landing in a local golf course.

Anzac crash fallout to be probed

Inquiries to examine safety changes made after fatal incident as well as state failures to investigate accident.

Air force owns up to safety failures

The air force has shipped dangerous goods on civilian flights at least eight times - including one "seriously endangering" the lives of all on an Air NZ flight to Canada.

Crash victim's family disgusted by string of bungles