A top Malaysia Airlines executive who is in NZ this week is urging relatives of those lost aboard MH370 to be patient as the carrier works to pay compensation.

Two people were seriously injured after a light plane crashed yesterday afternoon.

Air NZ will send its third and final flight to Mt Erebus this month - upsetting family members who have missed out.

Trailblazer for women flyers had just landed new Air NZ jet when she suffered suspected aneurysm.

A terrifying roller coaster ride in the sky turned Fuzzy Maiava's life upside down. Six years later, the ride goes on.

Two men had lucky escapes after separate accidents in the skies.

Malaysia Airlines says a compensation offer of US$50,000 to the families of MH370 victims is only "part of" the final payment it intends to make.

The widow of Kiwi MH370 victim Paul Weeks has rejected a compensation offer of $64,000 from Malaysia Airlines.

A piece of paper caught in a tree led searchers to the wreckage of a missing helicopter and the body of pilot Damian Webster in Kahurangi National Park.

Damian Webster was flying from Karamea on the West Coast to Nelson, when his Robinson 44 helicopter disappeared on Tuesday.

The search for a missing helicopter has entered its fourth day.

The family of a pilot who has been missing since his helicopter disappeared near Nelson two days ago are going through hell, his uncle says.

The search for a missing West Coast helicopter will resume this morning but bad weather has delayed search teams.

The search for a missing West Coast helicopter will resume tomorrow.

The man leading the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has admitted there are 1000 possible flight paths it could've taken before crashing.

The pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed off the east coast of Jamaica had twice asked traffic control - before they lost contact - if he could reduce his altitude and had indicated that there was a problem with the aircraft.

A prominent real estate developer and his wife were aboard an unresponsive private plane which crashed off the east coast of Jamaica on Friday.

Aircraft have flown too close to one another over Auckland 19 times in two years; the figure was disclosed after two incidents in one day.

A fatal microlight crash near Westport has been blamed on the pilot breaking Civil Aviation rules.

The family of a New Zealand-bound passenger killed in the MH17 plane crash has put in a bid for a personalised number plate bearing the flight number.

A group of friends who were on board a helicopter that crashed last weekend - killing one of them - have paid tribute to a "bloody good mate" who lived for adventure.

Jerome Box was tragically killed when the helicopter he was in crashed into Mt Alta.

Jerome Box's death during a heliski excursion on Mt Alta on Saturday has devastated his close-knit family and church community, some of whom escaped the "mystery" crash.

The congregation at St Paul’s Church is preparing for "a tough couple of weeks" as the fatal crash of a churchgoer on a skiing holiday was announced.

Debris was strewn for almost 1km as a church group smashed into the side of a mountain aboard a helicopter yesterday, killing one and injuring six.