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