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Thread ID: 122680 2012-01-06 21:51:00 11 dead this morning in the Wairarapa. Snorkbox (15764) PC World Chat
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1252633 2012-01-06 21:51:00 See here.

www.radionz.co.nz
Snorkbox (15764)
1252634 2012-01-06 21:56:00 Just been looking at that on the NZ Herald website. A truly awful tragedy. :( :( FoxyMX (5)
1252635 2012-01-06 22:19:00 Yes sure is.
:(
Trev (427)
1252636 2012-01-06 22:35:00 I guess B.M and Digby are already at the scene. plod (107)
1252637 2012-01-06 22:45:00 Truly tragic :( Renmoo (66)
1252638 2012-01-06 23:12:00 Very sad

No doubt most of the Flight vouchers were probably bought by Family members also for Christmas presents which ad's to the trauma of those who remain
Lawrence (2987)
1252639 2012-01-06 23:27:00 What disgusting interviewing by the TV One "journalist" Ms Badly - how appropriately named :( :( Zippity (58)
1252640 2012-01-06 23:54:00 tragedy all right Gobe1 (6290)
1252641 2012-01-07 00:28:00 My home town. They said it was a mixture of locals and tourists. Chances are I'll know someone that died. pine-o-cleen (2955)
1252642 2012-01-07 01:40:00 Wonder if the wind played a part. It's pretty blowy here up north at the moment.

Must have been a mighty big basket to carry 11 people.

Given the lines broke, that'll be when the basket went up.
Chances are he was giving it heaps to try to get over the lines anyway, so there was probably a lot of lift in the rig when it broke free..
All that energy, plus the fire may explain the sudden climb. Then the escape of air would have allowed the fall.
Paul.Cov (425)
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