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GEORGE HEARD / STUFF
The search for a helicopter missing from being crashed near Wanaka was delayed until Sunday morning.
A police spokesman said the search and rescue teams had reached the wreckage before the search was canceled, but had not found a corpse.
The search was suspended due to darkness.
GEORGE HEARD / STUFF
An oil slick and wreckage views at Lake Wanaka are all that was seen from the Robinson helicopter when it disappeared at 1:30 pm.
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The helicopter, with just the pilot on board, was reported by a helicopter company to have disappeared from its tracking systems.
GEORGE HEARD / STUFF
An oil slick 1km north of Stevenson Island and wrecks on the shore of the island. The area is at Stevensons Arm in the southeast corner of Lake Otago. It is understood that the area is not accessible by land.
Chris Henshaw, senior search and rescue officer with the New Zealand Rescue Coordination Center (RCCNZ), said three helicopters from the same company traced the trajectory of the missing plane. RCCNZ is currently working with the police, Coastguard NZ, a ground search and rescue team and two additional helicopters to expand the search area
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Another team would land on Stevenson Island where debris had been sighted
Part of an Otago community was also grouped together to assist in the search. RCCNZ spokesman later said that the search was suspended overnight because it was too dark to continue searching.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission will investigate the incident
. placed on the "watch list" of the Transport Accident Investigation Commission of the nation's most serious transportation concerns.
At the time, about 300 Robinson helicopters were registered in New Zealand – mainly R22 and R44 models – comprising about 40% of the country's total helicopter fleet.
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