Christchurch Helicopters was ferrying people across the closed Ashburton bridge on Tuesday. Photo: SuppliedResidents are being offered the chance to fly across the closed Ashburton River bridge - for a price. Gerard Rushton said he is helping to facilitate trips across the river in a commercial helicopter. "We're doing transfers over the river from Ashburton Airport to the domain over at Tinwald and mustering up as many people as we can find," said marketing services manager Tim Murdoch. Murdoch said they are going to continue the trips for a while on Tuesday and will look at going back on Wednesday.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 01, 2021 03:11 UTC