Two people have miraculously survived and escaped with just minor injuries after their glider crashed in Marlborough.
A Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter said the pair had been rescued from the remote Blairich Range south of Blenheim this afternoon.
The powered glider they were flying was reported to have had a "catastrophic wing failure" and crashed high on the mountainside.
The failure cause the craft to spiral approximately 1500 feet downwards before impacting on a steep slope and coming to rest.
"The combined effect of the spiral and the steep nature of the mountain face appeared to have minimised the severity of the impact, allowing the pair to escape the aircraft with only minor injuries," a Nelson Marlborough Rescue Helicopter spokesman said.