Planning an adventure tourism holiday to New Zealand? We say give it a miss and find somewhere where the industry is better regulated and has a lower accident rate. When you participate in an adventure tourism activity wouldn’t you prefer to know that the people taking your money will take all practicable steps to ensure your safety?…
July 2016 update: There’s been another incident at the Nevis Bungy Swing where a male customer and an instructor fell off the platform, meanwhile the MD got off a drink driving conviction so he could travel to Canada . Stay tuned for updates… A Queenstown adventure-seeker got more than they bargained for after an equipment malfunction at…
The Civil Aviation Authority has recommended urgent checks of all hot air balloons in New Zealand after an inquiry revealed possible air worthiness problems. The inquiry was launched after 11 people were killed in a hot air balloon fire in Carterton last month. Read blog Balloon Clips Powerlines, 11 People Killed In Fireball. According to…
Update: 23 February 2012. Balloon may’ve not been airworthy and urgent checks of all of New Zealand’s hot air balloons has been recommended Carterton tragedy Balloon airworthiness questioned The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has launched an urgent inquiry following “serious” findings of a report into the Carterton balloon tragedy. The balloon, which crashed in Carterton…
Yesterday we wrote about the highly critical UK inquest into the death of Emily Jordan, who died river boarding in New Zealand in 2008. We also blogged about Kawarau Jet Boat being fined $35,000 for safety breaches. There have been many more deaths and serious injuries since Emily died. Has anything changed since then? The…
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