A 40-year-old man has been taken to hospital with minor
injuries after crashing in a hang-glider west of Auckland
this afternoon.
Emergency services found the hang-glider precariously perched
up half way up a cliff face at Whites Beach, about 2km north
of Piha on the west coast, Senior Sergeant Anthony Miller
said.
The pilot was able to free himself from the wreckage and
climb to the bottom of the cliff, where the police eagle
helicopter picked him up.
He was taken to Waitakere Hospital with minor injuries.
The hang-glider wreckage would remain on the cliff until
morning, Mr Miller said.
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