DT News - UK - Hampshire dentist couple die in New Zealand helicopter crash

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Tue. 24 November 2015

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand: Last Saturday, the wreck of a helicopter was found in a crevasse on Fox Glacier, a glacier on the west coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Although it is still unclear what caused the crash, the New Zealand Police have confirmed that the pilot and the six passengers died. On board the aircraft were a retired dentist from the UK and his wife.

On Sunday, the police released the names of the people assumed to have been on the helicopter when it crashed. Among the victims were Britons Nigel Edwin and Cynthia Charlton from Hampshire. As reported online by the Daily Mail, the 66-year-old man was a retired dentist and his 70-year-old wife used to work in a dental surgery in Totton in the UK.

The 28-year-old pilot, two young women from New South Wales, and another couple in their fifties from Cambridge in the UK also died in the crash.

The recovery teams were initially unable to reach the crash site, which is near the top of the icy glacier, owing to difficult terrain and weather conditions. The operation to recover the victims is a technically challenging task requiring specialist skills, according to the authorities.

Yesterday, post-mortem procedures were completed on the victims recovered from the Fox Glacier helicopter crash. Police confirmed that the bodies of three women and a man have been recovered. Positive identification of those individuals is still progressing, stated the New Zealand Police.

Bad weather is hampering efforts to recover the remaining three bodies, but authorities hope to recover them today, as the weather conditions are expected to improve.

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