The families of those who died when Air NZ Flight 901 plunged into Mt Erebus received an average pay-out of only $100,000 - and were sworn to secrecy.

A light aircraft made an emergency landing near the grounds of Macleans College this afternoon.

Liquor baron Michael Erceg has been found at fault for the helicopter crash that claimed his life.

A glider pilot killed in an accident south of Auckland yesterday may have hit power lines.

Margaret Modricker, who lost her mother in the 1979 disaster, says today's apology should have been done decades ago.

Air New Zealand has apologised to the families of those killed in the 1979 Mt Erebus crash for the first time.

Air New Zealand has acknowledged the "gaps and failings" after the Erebus tragedy 30 years ago.

The Erebus tragedy would never have happened if a Civil Aviation inspector, scheduled to be on board that day, had made the flight, an expert says.

The man who apologised over the Cave Creek disaster says Air NZ should have apologised for the Erebus air crash years ago.

Rescue workers had to pull a badly injured woman from the wreckage of a Great Barrier Airlines plane that crashed yesterday.

Air traffic controller was joking about barbecuing a dead cat moments before deadly mid-air collision in New York.

Airlines PNG chairman Simon Wild has defended the experience of the crew operating the flight.