- A skydiver has been rushed to hospital and a search is underway for a second
- Emergency services were called after two men landed in a lake in New Zealand
- The company which carried out the jump has suspended their operations
A skydiver has been rushed to hospital and a search is frantically underway for another after a tandem jump went awry with both landing in a lake.
Emergency services were called to the accident at Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown on New Zealand’s South Island at 1.42pm on Wednesday.
New Zealand Police said the jump involved two men, and one person has been recovered from the water and taken to hospital with minor injuries.
A search is now underway for the second man, involving the Coastguard, Harbourmaster, water taxis and helicopters.
Emergency services were called to the accident at Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown on New Zealand’s South Island at 1.42pm on Wednesday
The water and air search was suspended at 4.40pm NZT, while a search of the shoreline will continue until 6.30pm.
New Zealand Police said they will ‘make an assessment on the situation’ at 9am on Thursday.
The company which carried out the jump – NZONE – suspended operations following the incident.
An NZONE spokesman told Stuff a ‘highly-experienced instructor, who had completed thousands of jumps’ was finishing a tandem jump with a customer and landed in the water.
The company which carried out the jump – NZONE – suspended operations following the incident (stock image)
‘Appropriate authorities are conducting an investigation.’
NZONE is the New Zealand operating arm of Experience Co, an Australian adventure tourism company.
They were involved in a triple-fatality in October 2017, when Kerri Pike, 50, her tandem dive instructor Peter Dawson and solo jumper Toby Turner plummeted to their deaths in Mission Beach, Queensland.