The inquest into the deaths of nine people in the Fox Glacier plane disaster two years ago has been told there is “no accountability in New Zealand” In a letter from the parents of Bradley Coker, a British tourist killed in the crash it was revealed “There have been without doubt major failings by the Civil Aviation…
The BBC has screened an interview with the family of Bradley Coker. Bradley, a British tourist, died along with eight other people when a sky diving plane crashed over the Fox Glacier on the day of the Christchurch earthquake. His death was one of many in the adventure tourism sector in New Zealand, one that is perceived…
27 August – By Frank Marvin in ‘Scene.co.nz‘ “A Queenstown whitewater expert is calling on maritime cops to regulate riverboarding.Stefan Crawford, 41, was speaking after last week’s harrowing trial of Mad Dog River Boarding and owner Brad McLeod after the Kawarau River death of English tourist Emily Jordan in April, 2008. Crawford says Maritime New…
Although the death of Yoly Nim Yan Chi in a rafting accident on a reasonably clam stretch of the Shotover River in 2001 was judged to be an accident there do seem to have been some similarities with her death and that of of Emily Jordan – with regards to hazard identification and how difficult…
For more about the trial and events following it see: Emily Jordan Chris Jordan, father of Emily Jordan who drowned in a River Boarding ‘accident’ in New Zealand in April 2008 on Monday called for legislation to be introduced to govern river boarding in the country: (RadioNZ) “Mr Jordan believes his daughter died because the…
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