New Zealand police confirmed on the evening of November 3 that a light plane crashed in a remote area near Nelson that day, killing two people. The plane did not arrive at its destination on time after taking off that morning. Search and rescue personnel found the wreckage in a remote mountainous area south of Custer Peak; police and the Civil Aviation Administration are jointly searching for the victim's remains and investigating the accident. According to some sources from the New Zealand side, the aircraft involved was a privately owned Cessna 172P, carrying up to 4 people, and took off from Nelson Airport at around 9:10 on the same day.

New Zealand police confirmed on the evening of November 3 that a light plane crashed in a remote area near Nelson that day, killing two people. The plane did not arrive at its destination on time after taking off that morning. Search and rescue personnel found the wreckage in a remote mountainous area south of Custer Peak; police and the Civil Aviation Administration are jointly searching for the victim's remains and investigating the accident. According to some sources from the New Zealand side, the aircraft involved was a privately owned Cessna 172P, carrying up to 4 people, and took off from Nelson Airport at around 9:10 on the same day.