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Mahia Peninsula. Emergency services were alerted to the accident by a member of the public around 6:26 a.m.
A pilot has suffered moderate injuries after a helicopter crash on the Mahia Peninsula in Hawke’s Bay.
Emergency services were alerted to the accident by a member of the public around 6:26 a.m.
The New Zealand Rescue Coordination Center received a distress alert from a Robinson 44 helicopter at 6 a.m. The helicopter was doing agricultural work at the time it crashed.
The accident is believed to have occurred near Mahia East Coast Road.
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The pilot sustained moderate injuries and was being transported by the Hastings rescue helicopter to Gisborne Hospital.
The pilot had a back injury and a head injury, a Search and Rescue source said.
An initial police report incorrectly indicated that the pilot was not injured.
On Tuesday, two people were killed and three others, all children, seriously injured when a helicopter crashed onto a rocky beach at the mouth of the Kekerengu River, near Kaikōura.
