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Plane crash in estuary
Wednesday 20 April 2022
MaX FretHey Two people escaped with minor injuries after the plane they were flying crash-landed into the Waimea Estuary on Sunday morning. Eyewitness Robin Greig says he saw the crash from an elevated field only a few hundred metres away. “The little plane was coming in very low over the sea.” The aircraft is reported to be an amphibious Progressive Aerodyne SeaRey and Robin wasn’t sure if it was trying to land on the sea. “The conditions were pretty ripe for [a sea landing],” Robin says, but adds that the engine sounded like it wasn’t running strongly. “It almost looked like they ran out of power or something.” Robin says it seemed like the wheels of the plane got caught on the water, which acted like a break on the vehicle and forced its nose down into the sea. “I was stunned to see it hit
The plane is pulled from the Waimea estuary on sunday. Photo: Supplied. the water like that.” He says the plane stood upright for about three or four minutes before it fell onto its back and floated. Robin says he didn’t see the people get out of the plane but did see the occupants
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Owain Johns, who placed third in his section during Friday’s sprint race at the New Zealand Orienteering Championships. Photo: Evan Barnes/Shuttersport.
Orienteering champs held over Easter
MaX FretHey The New Zealand Orienteering Championships occurred last weekend in the Nelson region. The event kicked off with an urban race through Nelson Boys College and Nelson Hospital’s Braemar Campus on Friday before middle and long-distance races on Saturday and
Sunday at Canaan Downs on Takaka Hill. The weekend officially concluded with a relay race at Rabbit Island on Monday. Nelson Orienteering Club president Matt Ogden said it was a great competition. “It was fantastic, we had over 450 people from around the country. The
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