A
Mountain Rescue team has joined a New Plymouth-based
helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft to search for an aircraft
missing in the Mount Egmont area. Rescue Coordination
Centre New Zealand is coordinating the search after being
alerted by Christchurch Air Traffic Control.
Although the
weather in the search area is fine, heavy cloud is hampering
search efforts.
The missing aircraft is a Piper Seneca PA
34 and is thought to be carrying two passengers.
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