A person has been seriously injured after a light plane crashed north of Wānaka this afternoon.
Maritime New Zealand’s Rescue Coordination Centre told 1News it is responding to a light plane crash in Dingleburn Valley, on the eastern side of Lake Hāwea.
RCCNZ said it was notified of a plane “in trouble” around 1pm after receiving an alert from the aircraft’s emergency location transmitter.
“The Queenstown Rescue Helicopter has arrived on scene and confirmed the aircraft has crashed,” an RCCNZ spokesperson said.
“A further helicopter is responding with FENZ personnel as work continues with the response.”
One person was removed from the plane around 3.45pm, RCCNZ said in an update this afternoon.
The person is being taken to Dunedin Hospital.
