Steve Askin was killed in a crash in the Port Hills while fighting fires near Sugar Loaf.

EDITORIAL: Pilots keep dying in Robinson helicopters. Who's to blame - pilots or aircraft?

Safety debate rages over Robinson helicopters after a series of unexplained crashes in NZ.

Helicopter legend designs black-box recorder for helicopters after death of her son.

Because a specific cause has not been found, families are restricted in any legal action.

Shocking footage has emerged showing the aftermath of a plane crash in Peru.

A report has revealed that the Essendon crash pilot radioed Mayday seven times.

Crashed helicopter already on accident commission's watchlist.

A helicopter has been sent to the scene in the Ohau Ski Field.

"Brace, brace, brace." If you're on an aircraft and you hear these words over the PA system from the flight deck something has clearly

The family of the helicopter pilot killed while fighting the Port Hills' fires have given him a final gift.

A helicopter has gone down in a hilly area in the Ruapehu District this morning - the pilot has survived, but was seriously injured in the crash.

A woman's single dress boot found in a remote valley in the Southern Alps has reignited one of New Zealand's greatest aviation mysteries.

A skydiver has been flown to hospital after a heavy landing in Parakai.

A "dangerous" manoeuvre led to two Queenstown skydivers being seriously injured on Saturday was probably unintentional, an industry safety expert says.

The pilot was father of three, Peter Lynch, 52. The crash also claimed the life of his partner Endah Cakrawati, 30.

A black box has been found in the wreckage of a Russian military plane that crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday.

Now that Gisborne is out of the unexpected chaos and back to the usual Christmas mayhem, locals are reflecting on how it all started. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A plane carrying about 40 people has crashed in northern Pakistan, with witnesses at the site of the flaming wreckage saying there were unlikely to be any survivors.

Danica Weeks says it is 'farcical' relatives have been forced to search for wreckage from the lost Malaysia Airlines flight.

The family of Brazilian soccer player Neto, one of only six survivors of a plane crash in Colombia, say he had had a dream his airline crashed.

Bolivia's aviation authority has suspended the licence of the airline behind the horrific plane crash as blame shifted to the pilot and co-owner of the airline.

A plane crash in Colombia has killed 71 people, including most of a Brazillian football team. However, six people survived - here is how it happened.

An Australian comedian has been forced to apologise after he tweeted an off-colour joke about a plane crash that killed 71 people

Though air accidents are very rare, there have been tragic cases of preventable crashes caused by pilots - here's a list of the worst.

The wreckage of a helicopter in which two men died this week is removed from the Northland bush.

Environment Canterbury and Department of Conservation move follows this week's double fatality in Northland.

On New Year's Day in 1985, a Boeing 727 crashed into the side of a South American mountain with 29 people on board - but no one knows why.

A light aircraft has gone down near Matamata

New Base jumpers prone to leap dangerously beyond their experience