Thursday, 4 June 2020 - 3:19pm |
Bay of Plenty

Name release: Glider incident, Tauhara

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Police can now release the names of the two people who died following a glider crash on Mt Tauhara on Sunday 31 May.

They were Anthony Frederick Hector Budd, 78, of Taupo and Kusum Pasha (nee Chandrappa), 41, of Wellington.

Our sympathies are with their families and friends at this time.

Their deaths have been referred to the Coroner.

The circumstances of the crash are being investigated by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission.

ENDS

Issued by the Police Media Centre