Helicopter Pilot Lost in Lake Wanaka


What: Robinson R22 helicopter en route from Haast and to Wanaka
Where: Lake Wanaka
When: Missing Saturday. 13 boats, 4 helicopters 70 Land SAR (search and rescue) volunteers have been searching since Saturday.
Who: helicopter pilot Morgan Saxton missing and presumed dead
Why: Helicopter reported missing on Saturday, overdue on a flight from Haast. The pilot was flying to Wanaka to reposition a machine for frost-fighting work. Saxton was on bail, pending appeal, after he and his father, David, were jailed stealing Ngai Tahu greenstone. Both Saxton and his father have flown many rescue missions

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