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Helicopter crash in New Zealand kills seven

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Seven people aboard a helicopter unfortunately crashed on a New Zealand glacier killing everyone on Saturday authorities say.

The crash occurred nearly 800 metres up the Fox Glacier on South Island and a photo taken by a police search crew showed the wreckage wedged into a crevasse in unforgiving terrain.
Recovery efforts for the remains are being hampered by inclement weather and poor flying conditions officials informed.

Local media quoted police saying, a rescue team was lowered from the air to the crash site and found no survivors,

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The New Zealand Herald reported that six of the passengers were initially reported to be foreign tourists but no other information was available.

Fox Glacier on the west coast of the South Island is a popular tourist destination, particularly in the summer season that is beginning in the southern hemisphere.

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