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Paraparaumu air crash avoidable

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Thu, 18 Dec 2014, 12:47PM
A coroner has found a mid-air crash killing three men in Paraparaumu in 2008 could've been avoided. (Stockxchng)
A coroner has found a mid-air crash killing three men in Paraparaumu in 2008 could've been avoided. (Stockxchng)

Paraparaumu air crash avoidable

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Thu, 18 Dec 2014, 12:47PM

A coroner has found a mid-air crash killing three men in Paraparaumu in 2008 could've been avoided.

The late coroner Ian Smith's findings into the deaths of James Taylor, Bevan Hookway, and David Feilding have been released.

The three died when a plane flown by 17-year-old Hookway crashed into a helicopter with Mr Taylor and Mr Feilding onboard.

Ian Smith says the potential for a mid air collision at Paraparaumu airport was well recognised, but nothing had been done to ease the risk.

He says neither the aircraft operators, the owner and operator of the velodrome nor the regulator had come together to identify and manage risks.

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