An uusual and unwelcome guest in the hallway – the motor and propellor from a light plane that crashed in the road outside.
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Neighbours stablise the light aircraft as emergency services extract the pilot and passenger through the other side. The plane and a helicopter collided mid-air above Paraparaumu airport - the helicopter crashed into the roof of the Placemakers' lumber store killing both occupants. The pilot of the light plane died in hospital.
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Neither aircraft exploded despite the spilt fuel, but waterways were bunkered against contamination and firefighters were prepared during the early stages to combat any flare-up.
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