Warbirds Over Wanaka and the Royal New Zealand Airforce have been found liable for a crash at the 2018 event which left a pilot unharmed but his vintage aircraft destroyed. Dovey's company took seven parties to court: the air force, which had provided the military display director for the show, Warbirds Over Wanaka, and five individual employees. Pilot Arthur Dover was uninjured after the Yak he was landing collided with a cherry picker at Warbirds Over Wanaka. Part of the Yak 3 Russian fighter plane's wing was torn off when it clipped a cherry picker at Warbirds Over Wanaka. Photo / Liam ParkerWarbirds Over Wanaka personnel breached their duty of care by allowing a change to the flying programme without an appropriate risk assessment.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 11, 2021 19:35 UTC