Faulty Plane and/or Incompetent Pilot Kill 9, Including 4 Tourists, 1 Immigrant and 1 Aussie Instructor
Fletcher FU24 skydiving aircraft burst into flames shortly after takeoff near the Fox Glacier on New Zealand’s South Island killing all 9 people onboard.
New Zealand Death Clock started ticking for the 4 dead tourists the moment they booked their New Zealand holiday. They were among the 9 people killed when their skydiving plane crashed at an airstrip near Fox Glacier on the west coast of South Island. Photo credit: Christchurch Press. Photo may be subject to copyright.
Police named the dead tourists and others as
- Glen Bourke, 18, from Melbourne, Australia
- Annita Kirsten, 23, from Germany
- Patrick Byrne, 26, from County Wexford, Ireland
- Brad Coker, 24, from Farnborough, U.K.
- Chaminda Senadhira, 33, [pilot]
- Adam Bennett, 47, from Australia [skydiving instructor ]
Others Killed:
Michael Suter, 32, Christopher McDonald, 62, and Rodney Miller, 55, from Greymouth, NZ.
“The fatal crash was the third in the region in the past 17 years.
“In October 1993, nine people died in a plane crash when a twin-engine Nomad 22 crashed at nearby Franz Josef Glacier. In October 1994, seven people were killed when a Helicopter Line Squirrel helicopter on a sightseeing flight crashed in a mountainous area near Fox Glacier,” according to a report.
The dead tourists and the other 2 foreigners killed in the totally unnecessary crash were the 1,907th, 1,908th, 1,909th, 1,910th, 1,911th and 1,912th foreigners to be killed in New Zealand since January 2000.
At least 1,912 tourists and immigrants have been Killed in NZ between January 2000 and 3 September 2010
In 2008 we said:
New Zealand occupies positions 1 to 7 of the world’s 10 Worst Holiday Destinations because…
- Exposure to deadly chemicals
- Exposure to viral infections
- Unsanitary food, accommodation
- Exposure to sewage contaminated beaches and waterways
- Little or NO access to even rudimentary medical facilities in the case of record numbers of deadly road crashes, and inordinate number of deaths and near-fatal injuries caused by using defective equipment for climbing, tramping, paragliding, bungy jumping, skiing, canoeing, diving and all other mountain, snow, water sports and outdoor activities
- Deadly roads!
- Defective, old, poorly maintained rental cars, quad-bikes, jet skis, and all other sports equipment
- Inadequate or NO supervision in venues where extreme sports are touted
- [Unfit, unqualified instructors or otherwise those operating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs]
- Little or NO warning posted in dangerous places and unsafe areas that pose a life threat, or serious injuries, to the visitors, but are invariably advertised as “popular hot spots” to lure unsuspecting foreign visitors
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