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…
Another large, shallow quake rocked Canterbury this afternoon. The 4.8 quake was centred 10km NE of Christchurch near Waimairi Beach and was only 9 km deep. This most recent quake caused disruption to power supplies for around half an hour and many people said it felt as powerful as the 7.1 quake that hit the…
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