19 Oct 2018

'A sad day for Wanaka' - three killed in helicopter crash

From Morning Report, 7:10 am on 19 October 2018

Crash investigators are expected to arrive at the scene of a fatal helicopter crash near Wanaka Airport early on Friday morning. Three people are dead, including two Department of Conservation staff, after the helicopter crashed about 1.5 kilometres from the aerodrome on Thursday morning. Pilot Nick Wallis, the youngest son of aviation pioneer Sir Tim Wallis, died in the crash - the second Wallis son to have died in a helicopter crash in three months. RNZ Otago/Southland reporter Tess Brunton is in Wanaka.