Accident occurred Saturday, November 21, 2015 in Fox Glacier, New Zealand
Aircraft: EUROCOPTER AS350, registration:
Injuries: 7 Fatal.
The foreign authority was the source of this information.
The Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Eurocopter AS350BA helicopter, which occurred on November 21, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the New Zealand Transport Safety Investigation Commission investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the engine.
The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of New Zealand. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from:
New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission
Wellington, New Zealand
Website: http://www.taic.org.nz
The seven people killed in Saturday's crash were: Mitchell Paul Gameren of Queenstown, 28, Andrew Virco of Cambridge in England, 50, Katharine Walker of Cambridge in England, 51, Nigel Edwin Charlton of Hampshire, 66, Cynthia Charlton of Hampshire, 70, Sovannmony Leang of New South Wales, 27, and Josephine Gibson of New South Wales, 29.
Katharine Walker was the head of Radiotherapy at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
