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50-Year-Old Plane Search Resumes | Auckland News
After 45 years, police are launching a major search for a missing plane that vanished in 1978—seven lives still lost. A mysterious sonar target found during a private lake survey has sparked renewed hope, prompting the Navy, dive squads, and multiple agencies to investigate Lake Moeraki. Led by Acting Inspector Mark Kirkwood, the operation aims to verify if the object is the Piper Cherokee Six, registration ZK-EBU. Aviation researcher Gavin Grimmer, who’s spent decades piecing together clues, credits volunteers and families for keeping the search alive. Authorities are coordinating with…
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