The Fiji Times has just published a story recalling Fiji's first major air tragedy 45 years ago — an event in which a young married couple from Gisborne were killed. On July 15, 1979, the people of Fiji were shocked by the news of a plane crash in which nine people died. The Fiji Air plane had crashed on a hill near Bua airstrip on Thursday, July 12. The twin-engined Britten-Norman Islander plane left Nausori Airport that morning, and was scheduled to arrive at Bua airstrip 40 minutes later. Bua is at the south end of Fiji's second-largest island, Vanua Levu.

https://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/news/gisborne-couple-among-nine-tragically-lost-in-fijis-first-major-air-disaster-45-years-ago

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