How
dreadfully sad.
Worried about the expense of staying in a hotel, a decision was made to fly before dawn.
End result of a sequence of many events - a UH-1H crash and three deaths.
Makes you feel for the RNZAF - a group of professionals trying to do their best, but woefully under-resourced and under funded, even with the A109s and NH90s - when they are worried about overnight accommodation costs for their aircrews.