Plane missing in Tararuas

An airforce chopper and land-based search and rescue crews will search this morning for a light plane that went missing last night north of Wellington. Two people were on board the private plane. The Search and Rescue Misson Co-ordinator, Keith Allen, told Susie the plane took off from Fox Pine Airstrip north of Foxton at 1.45pm and was due to land in Paraparaumu at 8pm but did not arrive.