
NZ-trained pilot captained doomed PNG plane
Airlines PNG chairman Simon Wild has defended the experience of the crew operating the flight.
Airlines PNG chairman Simon Wild has defended the experience of the crew operating the flight.
Remote operated vehicle (ROV) expected to be deployed again once weather clears on Monday evening.
A sonar image of a sunken wreck believed to be the Princess Ashika has been released by the Navy.
At least 93 people who drowned in the Princess Ashika are likely to be forever buried at sea because the wreck - found yesterday - is too deep.
Sonar images indicate a vessel which fits the general size and shape of the Princess Ashika.
Divers hope to know today if a rope found in the water is attached to the ferry which sank last week with the loss of up to 93 lives.
The Government is to help Tonga find a replacement for the ferry that sank a week ago with the loss of nearly 100 lives.
Twin engine plane carrying people to world-famous trek site fails to arrive at destination.
New Zealand navy divers may know late tonight whether the object attached to a rope spotted in Tongan waters is the sunken Princess Ashika.
A former North Otago rugby representative is believed to have been among those killed in the Tongan ferry disaster.
Even ferry is found, it could be too deep to recover any bodies.
Young New Zealander serving with the Niuean police force feared dead, in the Tongan ferry capsize.
Latest count of those aboard ill-fated ferry indicates 93 people are still missing.