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Two men escaped with minor injuries after their light plane crashed at Omaka Aerodrome near Blenheim this morning.
The pair, a flight instructor and his student, walked away from the wreckage of their Cessna after overshooting the airfield on a landing approach and crashing into scrub about 200 metres from the end of the runway.
One man was bruised and the other uninjured in the crash about 10.35am.
The Cessna was left badly damaged with a smashed windscreen and bent nose.
The Civil Aviation Authority will investigate the crash.
- NZPA
