Glacier recovery update
The recovery operation is under way on Fox Glacier and Police are working to progress this as far as possible while the weather allows.
The operation is extremely challenging and the safety of those working at the scene is of paramount importance.
Police can now release the names of those people whom we believe were on the helicopter when it crashed, however formal identification of the victims will take some time.
They are:
Mitchell Paul GAMEREN Queenstown (Pilot) 28 yrs
Andrew VIRCO Cambridge UK 50yrs
Katharine WALKER Cambridge UK 51yrs
Nigel Edwin CHARLTON Hampshire UK 66yrs
Cynthia CHARLTON Hampshire UK 70yrs
Sovannmony LEANG New South Wales 27yrs
Josephine GIBSON New South Wales 29yrs
Our thoughts are with the victims’ families at this difficult time.
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Tasman Police Communications Manager Ph 0274780853