RNZAF pilot charged for Anzac Day 2010 helicopter crash

A Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot will be charged with negligence that caused a UH-1 to crash on Anzac Day in 2010.

The officer was leading a formation of three Iroquois flying to Wellington from Ohakea airbase in Manawatu for a ceremonial fly-past.

He had failed to abort the flight when weather conditions deteriorated.

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