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New Zealand and Australia ground Robinson R44 series helicopters over possible defects

Helicopter design to blame for crash, coronial inquest told

A helicopter crash that killed two men has been called completely avoidable during a coronial inquest in Queenstown District Court.

Mother pays tribute to son in investigation into helicopter crash

The mother of a helicopter crash victim has described her son as the light of her life at a coronial inquest while asking for recommendations to stop unnecessary deaths.

Mother shares tribute to son in investigation into helicopter crash

Mother shares tribute to son in investigation into helicopter crash © Getty In her tribute, the mother also raised concerns about the Robinson R44 helicopter the men were flying in. The mother of a helicopter crash victim has described her son as the light of her life at a coronial inquest while asking for recommendations to stop unnecessary deaths. Stephen Anthony Nicholson Combe, 42, and James Louis Patterson-Gardner,18, were killed when the helicopter they were flying crashed in a remote bush near Queenstown in 2015. An earlier investigation from the Transport Accident Investigation Authority found the helicopter broke apart in mid air after the rotor blades struck the cabin.