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Air Trainer Incident at Ohakea
Air Trainer Incident at Ohakea
During training this morning two aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Red Checkers display team touched causing minor damage to one aircraft. The damaged aircraft subsequently landed safely at around 0930 hrs this morning.
“The Red Checkers fly in close proximity to each other and this morning two of them touched. There are always risks involved in military aviation and we mitigate those risks as best we are able. How this incident happened is now being investigated as a matter of course and the prudent decision is not to fly the team again this season.
“We apologise to all of those who were looking forward to see the Red Checkers display this year,” says Group Captain Stephen Davies Howard, Commander of the RNZAF Training Group who is responsible for the authorisation and safety of the Team.
“We are continually focussed on making our flying
operations as safe as possible.”
The team has been
heartened by the response of the New Zealand public since
the loss of Red Checker, SQN LDR Nick Cree, in January and
would like to thank them for their continued support
ENDS
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