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Pilot's widow speaks out against cheap helicopters

A widow wants pilots to stay away from a helicopter involved in 30 crashes in six years in which nine people have died, including two this month.

Pilot simulated engine failure before crash - CAA

Helicopter wreckage recovered

The wreck of the helicopter that crashed, killing two people on Thursday, has been recovered from Bluff Harbour.

Helicopter crashes in Canterbury

A helicopter has crashed on the Banks Peninsula, less than 24 hours after two hunters walked away from a crash in Fiordland.

Danger growing in the sky - report

An inquiry into a fatal mid-air collision has revealed a huge increase in dangerous close calls in the skies - and sparked pleas for change from grieving families.

Danger alert in mountain skies

A mystery resolved: Last flight of doomed Airbus

Adventure tourism to get new rules in air

Flying instructor's condition improves

Crash victim keen to fly again

Cause of plane crash likely months away

Crash survivors on road to recovery

The flying instructor who survived an air crash has had surgery for bleeding to his brain but doctors hope to bring him out of a coma today.

Engine failure ruled out in plane crash

Aviation regulators ground balloon company

Kiwi balloons grounded in UAE after deaths

Peter Kollar has left the United Arab Emirates in the wake of a fatal hot air balloon crash which saw his pilot sentenced to a year in prison.

Small plane crashes in Whangarei