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| New Zealand helicopter crash: Cambridge couple were on 'big adventure' | New Zealand helicopter crash: Cambridge couple were on 'big adventure' |
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| A couple who died in a helicopter crash in New Zealand were on a "dream" holiday to celebrate their 50th birthdays, their family has said. | |
| Andrew Virco, 50, and Katharine Walker, 51, from Cambridge, died with two other Britons when the aircraft crashed into a glacier on South Island, on Saturday. | Andrew Virco, 50, and Katharine Walker, 51, from Cambridge, died with two other Britons when the aircraft crashed into a glacier on South Island, on Saturday. |
| Ms Walker's daughter, Rebecca, 22, said the couple were on a "big adventure" that had been planned for some time. | Ms Walker's daughter, Rebecca, 22, said the couple were on a "big adventure" that had been planned for some time. |
| "They do holidays but this was the big one... they had waited for," she said. | "They do holidays but this was the big one... they had waited for," she said. |
| "New Zealand was her dream. Her and Andy had been planning it for a long time. It was what they would do for their 50th birthdays. | "New Zealand was her dream. Her and Andy had been planning it for a long time. It was what they would do for their 50th birthdays. |
| 'Affected so many' | 'Affected so many' |
| "It was their celebration together." | |
| Ms Walker was head of radiotherapy at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. | Ms Walker was head of radiotherapy at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge. |
| Her daughter, a university student, said: "She was everything. She had a special spin on life. She worked hard and she played hard. That's the way she lived her life. | Her daughter, a university student, said: "She was everything. She had a special spin on life. She worked hard and she played hard. That's the way she lived her life. |
| "She affected so many people in so many good ways. The things she did at work were incredible. | "She affected so many people in so many good ways. The things she did at work were incredible. |
| "You just walked through town and everybody would be like 'hi, hi'. I couldn't go shopping without her seeing someone she knew. Cambridge is a big place but she affected so many people. | "You just walked through town and everybody would be like 'hi, hi'. I couldn't go shopping without her seeing someone she knew. Cambridge is a big place but she affected so many people. |
| "Not having her here is just going to break so many people. It hasn't sunk in yet." | "Not having her here is just going to break so many people. It hasn't sunk in yet." |
| She described Mr Virco, an award-winning photographer, as "amazing". | |
| "He took me into his world," she said. "He treated me like his daughter and you can't say much more than that. He's going to be missed." | "He took me into his world," she said. "He treated me like his daughter and you can't say much more than that. He's going to be missed." |
| Nigel and Helen Charlton, aged 66 and 70, from Hampshire, also died in the crash, along with Sovannmony Leang, 27, and Josephine Gibson, 29, both from New South Wales, Australia; and pilot Mitchell Gameren, 28, from Queenstown, New Zealand. | Nigel and Helen Charlton, aged 66 and 70, from Hampshire, also died in the crash, along with Sovannmony Leang, 27, and Josephine Gibson, 29, both from New South Wales, Australia; and pilot Mitchell Gameren, 28, from Queenstown, New Zealand. |
| The recovery operation has been halted for the day after weather conditions at Fox Glacier deteriorated. Three bodies have been recovered. | The recovery operation has been halted for the day after weather conditions at Fox Glacier deteriorated. Three bodies have been recovered. |
| The cause of the crash is being investigated. | The cause of the crash is being investigated. |