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Christchurch Airport (IATA: CHC, ICAO: NZCH) is an international airport serving Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located 12 km (7.5 mi) to the northwest of the city centre, in the suburb of Harewood. Christchurch (Harewood) Airport officially opened on 18 May 1940 [5] and became New Zealand's first international airport on 16 December 1950. [5]
A Jetstar Airways aircraft had steering issues while landing at Christchurch Airport on Friday morning, the airline said in a statement, with local media reporting it left the runway. Jetstar ...
11 March 1899, Rakaia, Canterbury, Rakaia railway accident – Two Ashburton to Christchurch excursion trains collided when the second train rear-ended the first; four killed, 22 injured. [ 134 ] [ 135 ]
1943 RNZAF Catalina crash air accident 5 Jun 1943: south of Fiji: 14 [79] [80] Pan Am Flight 806: air accident 30 Jan 1974: Pago Pago, American Samoa: Only New Zealand deaths listed 12 [81] 1945 RNZAF Catalina crash air accident 27 Jan 1945: off Beqa, Fiji 10 [82] Bere Ferrers rail accident, train hit NZ troops on tracks by platform train ...
May 22 – United Kingdom – A bus carrying veterans from Christchurch on a day trip to a brewery in Cardiff veered off the M4 motorway and plunged into a river near Bristol, killing 10 and injuring 20. [153] June 16 – Spain – A bus carrying pensioners collided with a truck and a car near La Ràpita, killing 11 people and injuring 25. [154]
Died in a car crash while on his way home from a band rehearsal. He lost control of his vehicle and hit a light post causing it to fall on him, crushing and killing him. Bella Bellow: 1945 1973 28 years Togolese pop singer car Togo: Vasile Belous: 1988 2021 33 years Moldovan boxer car Călărășeuca, Moldova: Jesse Belvin: 1932 1960 27 years ...
Collapsed while attending a car fire [9] Chief Fire Officer David Ashton Neil Tirau 1 June 2002 Killed in motor vehicle accident responding to an incident [10] Firefighter Grant Judd Foxton Beach 17 June 2001 Killed when the appliance he was travelling in lost traction on a slippery road surface and rolled over [6] Senior Firefighter
The crash was one of several accidents in the area due to heavy fog, police said. St John Sheriff Mike Tregre said that there was a total of 25 crashes on the road, involving three 18-wheel trucks ...