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New Zealand helicopter crash: Post-mortem tests on four people | New Zealand helicopter crash: Post-mortem tests on four people |
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Post-mortem examinations have been carried out on three women and a man who died in a helicopter crash on a glacier in New Zealand. | Post-mortem examinations have been carried out on three women and a man who died in a helicopter crash on a glacier in New Zealand. |
Recovery of three more victims killed in the crash, on Fox Glacier on Saturday, is affected by bad weather. | Recovery of three more victims killed in the crash, on Fox Glacier on Saturday, is affected by bad weather. |
Four Britons died in the crash, two of whose bodies have yet to be removed from the glacier. | Four Britons died in the crash, two of whose bodies have yet to be removed from the glacier. |
Post-mortem tests were carried out on the bodies of Helen Charlton, of Romsey and Katherine Walker, of Cambridge. | Post-mortem tests were carried out on the bodies of Helen Charlton, of Romsey and Katherine Walker, of Cambridge. |
Also among the dead are Sovannmony Leang, 27, and Josephine Gibson, 29, both from New South Wales, and pilot Mitchell Gameren, 28, of Queenstown, New Zealand. | Also among the dead are Sovannmony Leang, 27, and Josephine Gibson, 29, both from New South Wales, and pilot Mitchell Gameren, 28, of Queenstown, New Zealand. |
No further details have been issued on results of the examinations of the bodies of Mrs Charlton, 70, and Ms Walker, 50. | |
Mrs Charlton's husband Nigel, 66, and Andrew Virco, 49, Ms Walker's partner also died. | |
The aircraft crashed in a crevasse on the glacier, on New Zealand's South Island. | The aircraft crashed in a crevasse on the glacier, on New Zealand's South Island. |
The glacier is on the island's remote west coast, which is a popular tourist area. | The glacier is on the island's remote west coast, which is a popular tourist area. |
New Zealand Police confirmed the recovery of the four bodies and that their families have been contacted. | New Zealand Police confirmed the recovery of the four bodies and that their families have been contacted. |
"Positive identification of those individuals is still progressing but might take several days," a spokesman said. | "Positive identification of those individuals is still progressing but might take several days," a spokesman said. |
"Aoraki-Mt Cook Alpine Rescue, South Westland Alpine Cliff Rescue Team and police victim identification teams are ready to deploy to the glacier as soon as the weather allows." | "Aoraki-Mt Cook Alpine Rescue, South Westland Alpine Cliff Rescue Team and police victim identification teams are ready to deploy to the glacier as soon as the weather allows." |
The cause of the crash is under investigation. | The cause of the crash is under investigation. |
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