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Plane crash - Marsden Cove Whangarei

Friday 12 March 2010, 4:57PM

By New Zealand Police

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WHANGAREI

<p>A person has died when a small plane crashed in a paddock in Marsden Bay, in the Whang&auml;rei District.<br /> <br /> Emergency services were alerted at around 3.55pm by a witness who saw the plane crash.<br /> <br /> Police and Fire are in attendance, and the Civil Aviation Authority has been notified of the crash.<br /> <br /> Initial reports indicate the plane was taking off from the paddock and crashed back into it shortly after take off.</p>