A Kiwi is being flown home to New Zealand for medical treatment after they were injured in a plane crash in Vanuatu yesterday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed that five New Zealand tourists were on a small plane that crash landed in Port Vila around 6pm NZ time.
Two New Zealanders were hospitalised and an MFAT spokeswoman said one of them would be transported to New Zealand today for medical treatment.
The ministry would not confirm what injuries they had sustained.
The small air taxi crash landed in the Le Lagon Resort at around 6pm NZ time, New Zealand's High Commissioner in Vanuatu, Bill Dobbie, said.
He confirmed that five of the seven people onboard were New Zealanders and said the commission had provided them consular assistance.
It was unclear what caused the plane to crash but a local man, who lived 600 meters from where it landed in Port Vila, said it was raining so hard he didn't hear it come down.
He said there had been a severe tropical storm which meant there was zero visibility when the plane was attempting to land.
He said the plane hit a raised golf tee in the middle of the course which caused one of the wings to hit the ground and tip the plane on to its side.
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