New Zealand / Regional

Woman injured in Bay of Plenty plane crash

21:07 pm on 8 May 2016

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A woman has been injured after a light plane crashed on farmland near Tauranga.

Fire and emergency services are at the scene, off Waitao Road south of Papamoa Beach, where the plane crashed about 3.30pm.

The plane came down on a hillside and fuels was leaking from the wreckage.

The woman was flown to Tauranga Hospital with moderate injuries.