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Instructor fights for life after air crash miracle
Two men were lucky to survive an air crash that left their plane balanced precariously on the side of a cliff during a delicate three-hour rescue.
Crash survivors critically injured - chopper pilot
Two men are "pretty banged up" after their plane crashed in the Ruahine Ranges this afternoon.
Light plane crashes near Palmerston North
Two men have survived a light plane crash in the Ruahine Ranges and have been taken to Palmerston North Hospital.
Blame on Airbus victims saddens mother
A mother who lost a son in the Air NZ Airbus crash off France is saddened to see blame being meted out to the people involved.
Air NZ slams 'speculative' comments made over Airbus crash
Air NZ has hit out at an aviation safety specialist's interpretation of what went on before an Airbus A320 crashed into the Mediterranean off France in 2008.
Air NZ crew encouraged test that led to crash - expert
Air New Zealand crew encouraged the pilots of an Airbus 320 to carry out tests minutes before the plane crashed off the coast of France, a specialist said.
Human error to blame for Air NZ crash - report
Experts for French prosecutors probing the crash of an Air NZ jet in 2008 agree with air safety investigations which blame human error.
Air NZ in France for Perpignan crash talks
All seven people aboard an Airbus A320 test flight died when it crashed in 2008. Air NZ said it could not confirm a report that an announcement would be made tonight regarding the crash.
Painstaking process to retrieve bodies
Engineers will need to carve a road through rugged, heavily forested mountains to retrieve the bodies of the six Australian mining executives killed in a plane crash.
Miners broke protocol to fly single aircraft
The search for a plane carrying one of Australia's richest men and the entire board of one of the country's mining companies resumed last night.
Aussie soldiers killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan
Four soldiers, three of them Australian, have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
Grave fears for missing Aussie mining bosses
Six Australian mining executives, including one of the country's richest men, breached protocol by boarding a plane that has gone missing in West Africa.
Two feared dead in Sydney plane crash
A light plane has gone down in Sydney's southwest, killing two people aboard and narrowly missing children on their way to school.
Kiwi chopper pilot killed in Australia
An experienced helicopter pilot from has been killed after hitting power lines in Australia after surviving a similar accident in 2008.
Plane makes safe emergency landing
A plane has successfully landed despite problems with its landing gear that forced it to abort several landing attempts.