Fatal helicopter crash: Investigators thorough process could take years
19 Jan, 2021 11:48 PM
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The wreckage of the helicopter is removed from Kēkerengū Beach. Photo / Anna Leask
Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask
The investigation into a helicopter crash that killed a North Canterbury couple and orphaned their young children may take up to two years to complete.
Andrew Hamish Davidson, 60, and his wife Lin Chen, 39, died when their helicopter crashed into the beach at Kēkerengū north of Kaikoura on December 15.
Their two children and another child survived the crash but were injured and pulled from the wreckage by locals who rushed to the scene.
Kaikōura coast helicopter crash: Parents farewelled
23 Dec, 2020 01:30 AM
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By: Anna Leask, Kurt Bayer and Anna Leask
Anna Leask is a senior crime and justice reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask
The North Canterbury couple who died in a helicopter crash north of Kaikoura - leaving their two young children orphaned - have been farewelled at a funeral service today.
Andrew Hamish Davidson, 60, and his wife Lin Chen, 39, died when their helicopter crashed into the beach at Kēkerengū last Tuesday afternoon.
Their two children and another child survived the crash but were injured and pulled from the wreckage by locals who rushed to the scene.
Kēkerengū/Kaikōura helicopter crash: Funerals for parents who died, leaving children orphans
19 Dec, 2020 07:08 PM
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Locals raced to help free survivors from the wreckage of a helicopter that came down at a rivermouth north of Kaikōura. Video / Will Trafford
Locals raced to help free survivors from the wreckage of a helicopter that came down at a rivermouth north of Kaikōura. Video / Will Trafford
Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask
The couple who died in a helicopter crash north of Kaikoura this week - leaving their young children without parents a week before Christmas - will be farewelled at a funeral on Wednesday.