A report from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) into the deaths of two hang-gliders in Queenstown last year has been received by Southern region coroner David Crerar, but no decision has been made about an inquest.
Gerardo Bean (27), an Argentine hang-gliding pilot, and his passenger, Andrew Michael Scotland (34), a volunteer firefighter from Waipu, were both killed on impact on March 10 last year when the hang-glider crashed into a paddock near the Remarkables, after the men took off from an area known as the Knoll on the Remarkables access road.
The CAA investigated the incident and has sent its report to Mr Crerar.
Coronial Services co-ordinator Gary Binney, of Dunedin, told the Otago Daily Times Mr Crerar had the "option" of not holding a public inquest, depending on what the CAA's report found.
