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
- November 21, 2015
- Reg
- ZK-HKU
- Make
- Eurocopter
- Model
- AS350
- MSN
- 1132
- Location
- Fox Glacier
- Country
- New Zealand
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Fatal
- 7
- Link 1
- http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11550066
- Link 2
- 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 3
- http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/74272467/seven-killed-in-helicopter-crash-on-fox-glacier
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