21-Nov-15 ZK-HKU Eurocopter AS350BA Fox Glacier, New Zealand (7F)

Crashed on a glacier and fell down a crevasse, killing pilot Mitch Gameren, two Australian tourists Sovannmony Leang and Josephine Gibson and four British tourists Nigel Charlton and his wife Cynthia, Andrew Virco and his partner Katharine Walker, head of radiotherapy at a major trauma centre.

It is of particular note that the two visible main blades in most photos (example) are near intact.

Date:
21 November, 2015
Reg:
ZK-HKU
Make:
Eurocopter
Model:
AS350
MSN:
1132
Location:
Fox Glacier
Country:
New Zealand
Civil / Military:
Civil
Fatalities:
7
Link:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11550066
Link:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3328854/Australian-British-passengers-fatal-New-Zealand-tourist-helicopter-crash-named-bad-weather-continues-hamper-searchers-trying-reach-wreckage.html
Link:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/74272467/seven-killed-in-helicopter-crash-on-fox-glacier

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