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Squadron Leader Nick Cree - Source: ONE News -
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The pilot and sole occupant of an Air Force CT4 air trainer is dead after the aeroplane crashed in the Manawatu on Thursday morning.
The two-seater aircraft crashed near the Raumai weapons range, west of Bulls in the Manawatu, about 8am on Thursday, Air Force spokesman Squadron Leader Kavae Tamariki says.
The two-seater trainer from the Red Checkers display team took off the Ohakea Air Force Base and was conducting a practice routine.
The pilot's name has not yet been released, as the family has yet to be informed.
The circumstances of the crash are being investigated.
A spokesman from St John Ambulance central communications says paramedics had removed one body from the scene.
An air force Iroquois has gone to the accident site.
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