Safety first now in adventure tourism

The Civil Aviation Authority may have been able to pursue legal action against the pilot involved in the Fox Glacier tragedy had he survived, but it was unable to lay charges against the company responsible for the ill-fated operation. A coroner's ...

The father of a British man killed in the Fox Glacier tragedy says the Government has failed to improve the safety of adventure tourism and New Zealand remains "more dangerous than it should be". Chris Coker says his and eight other families had ...

The parents of four young tourists killed when a skydiving plane crashed near Fox Glacier in 2010 have written to New Zealand Prime Minister John Key urging sweeping changes to industry safety standards. All nine on board died when Skydive New ...

A Coroner is calling on the airline industry to make urgent safety changes following an investigation into the Fox Glacier crash. Nine people were killed when the Walter Fletcher FU24 aircraft crashed into a paddock shortly after takeoff on ...

Clashing views over plans to put new private roads up to shrinking Franz Josef and Fox glaciers are being aired at public hearings this week. Under the Department of Conservation's partial review of the Westland Tai Poutini National Park management ...

A German climber who fell 20 metres down a crevasse at Fox Glacier thought she would take her last breath on the ledge where she lay with a badly broken arm and ankle. Sabine Helleubrandt spent a cold night huddled next to rescuers after she fell on ...

The German woman rescued from a crevasse on Fox Glacier a week and a half ago has spoken of her terror as she fell, Newstalk ZB reports. Sabine Helleubrandt broke her wrist, arm and ankle in the fall. She spent the night in the crevasse with ...

Nine People Fatally Injured When Skydiving Plane Went Down Near Fox Glacier A coroner's report indicates that an accident involving a skydiving plane near Fox Glacier in New Zealand may have been affected by a mechanical failure, removing some of ...

shows the wreckage of a Fletcher FU24 aircraft in a field near Fox Glacier, New Zealand. Pilot error or mechanical failure were the most likely causes of the 2010 plane crash in which nine people died, a coroner found Monday. The Fletcher FU24 ...