1 Mar 2018

NZ expert to probe Fiji Cessna crash

1:19 pm on 1 March 2018

The Fijian Government has appointed a New Zealand air accident investigator to determine the reason a Cessna 172 crashed on Monday.

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The aircraft wreckage was found yesterday on Wednesday.

The slopes of Mt Delaikoro on Vanua Levu after two days of searching.

The plane, from the Pacific Flying School, was carrying an instructor and a student pilot, both of whom died.

Air accident investigator, Andrew McGregor, who has investigated air accidents in Fiji previously, is due to arrive in Fiji today.