Helicopter crash
Two men were killed when a helicopter crashed in the White River Valley near Arthur’s Pass on Tuesday evening. The wreckage of the helicopter was spotted by an Air Force Harvard yesterday morning and a ground party recovered the bodies of the two men. The dead men wereStanley Maurice Scott,
aged 29, married, a ranger for the Arthurs Pass National Park, and Tony Jones, married, of 1A Melton Street, Timaru, a pilot. The bodies were flown to Klondyke Corner by helicopter and taken to Christchurch in a hearse. They were found near the helicopter wreckage about
half a mile from the Carrington Hut. The helicopter was being used to transport men and equipment to the Carrington Hut area for the construction of more huts. The Inspector of Air Accidents is expected to visit the area today. A guard was kept on the wreckage overnight.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33779, 27 February 1975, Page 1
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