Two planes, including a vintage German fighter plane at an air show, crashed this afternoon.
In the first incident, a pilot escaped unharmed from the accident at the Omaka Classic Fighters Airshow at Blenheim.
Photographs from the scene show dust billowing as the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 appeared to crash-land before the pilot climbed out of the cockpit, unscathed.
"I believe a wheel came off as it was landing," Police southern communications Inspector Murray Hurst said.
![The fighter plane crashes at the Omaka airshow. Photo / SNPA](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/3KZMCPBMCB2YQ2KVUB5H3BMQCM.jpg?auth=7b8ba745295d731270a4f47d24fa0e63a356e3fdc1840ee8c297b796b9b2c5e3&width=16&height=9&quality=70&smart=true)