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One dead in Gisborne chopper crash

A Civil Aviation Authority inquiry is under way this afternoon into a fatal helicopter crash in a forestry block near Gisborne this morning in which a 53-year-old local man died.

Missing plane: NZ Orion to conduct first major search

An New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion will today search for for anything floating in the sea that may indicate where a missing Malaysian passenger plane might be.

Editorial: Malaysia falls short in lost jet mystery

Editorial: The dearth of information about the vanished Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has had a predictable consequence: conspiracy theories.

Sombre air at usually happy arrival hall

Where airports are concerned, the arrival hall is usually its "happy place" - where loved ones are reunited and holiday makers begin new travel adventures.

Paul Thomas: Completely safe, and terrifying

As we've heard many times, we're safer on an aircraft than in our car or kitchen, and technological advances are making this truism ever truer. Yet every time an airliner goes down...

Was 370 flying for hours?

US investigators suspect a missing Malaysian jetliner flew on for four hours once it lost contact with air traffic controllers, according to the Wall St Journal.

Leaders confess: We're in the dark

Malaysian leaders fronted a news conference in Kuala Lumpur last night and admitted that, five days into the search for Flight 370, they still have no idea what's happened to the jet.

Malaysia Airlines' PR battle

Malaysia Airlines faces an uphill public relations battle as it struggles to get on the front foot after the disappearance of MH370.

Flight 370: Many questions, few answers

For Malaysia Airlines, every hour counts as it deals with the loss of flight MH370 with 227 passengers and 12 crew on-board.

Killer crash puzzles gliding folk

Glider pilot Trent Miller died doing what he loved - but he shouldn't have. Miller's glider crashed last week in circumstances still under probe by the Civil Aviation Authority.

Fatal air crash: teens' horror

When young pilot Adam Reid saw the glider go into a spiral, he knew disaster was imminent. It was to be the second fatal glider crash in four hours.

Air NZ world's second safest airline

Air New Zealand has been rated the world's second safest airline to fly with by a leading air travel website.

Aircraft catches fire on landing

Two aviators had a lucky escape after their aircraft suffered a fuel leak and caught fire this afternoon.

DoC birdwatcher injured after falling out of tree

Body of missing helicopter pilot found

Searchers have found the body of the helicopter pilot whose aircraft crashed yesterday in steep terrain near the start of the Milford Track.

SAR team joins recovery operation

An Invercargill Police search and rescue (SAR) team has arrived in Te Anau to help with the recovery operation.

Chopper pilot feared killed

An experienced helicopter pilot is feared to have died in a crash yesterday near the Lake Te Anau starting point of the Milford Track.

Helicopter crash report delay upsets family

The family of a helicopter pilot who died in a crash in South Westland nearly three years ago is upset over the time it has taken for the Transport Accident Investigation Commission to complete its investigation.