Another video showed the wreckage of a helicopter that had been flying over the island when the eruption happened.
Volcanic Air, a tour company based in Rotorua, later confirmed that the pilot and four passengers were unharmed and had returned to the mainland via boat on Monday afternoon.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/q...-island-erupts
https://volcanicair.co.nz/fleet/