WELLINGTON, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) — A pilot and a passenger were injured after their light plane crashed on New Zealand Great Barrier Island on Tuesday, 90 km northeast of Auckland.
The Great Barrier Airlines plane was carrying two pilots and four passengers. It was on an out-bound flight when it crashed into a swamp near the runway on Tuesday, the New Zealand Press Association reported.
The pilot and passenger suffered moderate back injuries and are being taken by rescue helicopter to the Auckland Hospital.