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60th anniversary of Kaimai tragedy to be commemorated on July 3

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The NAC DC-3 which crashed in 1963 in what is still the worst aviation disaster to occur on New Zealand soil. This photograph was taken just months before the tragedy. Picture supplied

The upcoming 60th anniversary of the Kaimai Ranges NAC DC-3 crash, which killed 23 people including Gisborne residents, will probably be the last opportunity for relatives to grieve together, aviation historian Rev. Dr Richard Waugh says.

July 3, 1963, was when New Zealand’s worst domestic air accident happened.

Flight 441 was on a scheduled New Zealand National Airways Corporation (NAC) fligh...

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