Lookout! – Issue 15
21 December 2009
Guidance notice – Issue 17:
Long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) equipment testing
21 December 2009
19 December 2006
Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has launched an extensive search for a powered glider that has gone missing from an event in the lower South Island.
The glider was last heard from at about 5.30pm last night after taking off from Omarama at 1.30pm and was reported overdue by race organisers at about 8.30pm last night.
The glider’s flight path would have covered the Twizel, Lake Pukaki and Lindis Pass areas.
RCCNZ immediately launched a communications search, focusing on the area’s numerous airstrips. They also sent a fixed-wing aircraft into the area to try and make contact with the glider or detect any signal from a distress beacon.
The glider is carrying an emergency beacon but no signal has been detected so far
It is believed that there are two people on board but no further details are currently available.
Further information will be released as it comes to hand.
For further information contact:
RCCNZ Media Line
Phone 04 499 7318