Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure)  Ya  sh  !   01:48, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

2015 Fox Glacier helicopter crash

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One of those low-fatality helicopter crashes without notable victims, WP:NOTNEWS. Already mentioned in Eurocopter_AS350_Écureuil Brandmeistertalk  10:21, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - Sorry but 7 people in a helicopter crash is NOT a small number - The criteria for inclusion tends to be much lower than that. This was a commercial operation, where 7 people died and the aircraft was written off - this is definitely notable and will continue to be for some time - the fact that 6 international tourists were on the flight intensifies this -  The crash is currently on the BBC home page  http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34893474 which tends to support its notability worldwide.Andrewgprout (talk) 17:38, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability has to be lasting, not just a few days in the news.Charles (talk) 18:46, 22 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep as likely to be in the news for quite some time. Significant as a commerical helicopter crash as per Andrewgprout NealeFamily (talk) 00:57, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep noteworthy event due to 100% loss of life, and part of an ongoing media discussion over deaths in NZ from adventure tourism. As noted above, reported in the UK due to international tourists in the crash. Likely to be lasting notability but can only tell as the cause of crash becomes known. Suggest reviewing in a few months time when "lasting notability" can be better determined. MurielMary (talk) 09:54, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
 * 100% loss of life is usual in helicopter crashes. How does that make it notable?Charles (talk) 09:29, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 05:18, 24 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete not particularly notable and certainly nothing ticks the boxes for a stand alone article. Nobody wiki notable died and no notable building or structure involved just another helicopter crash which are not that unusual sadly. MilborneOne (talk) 17:55, 24 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep March 9 and 10, 2015 helicopter crashes with 10 and 11 fatalities were both notable enough. As was the 2015/07/07 midair collision- only 2 fatalities. I don't see why this one would be any different. exoplanetaryscience (talk) 05:50, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep There was an extensive AfD discussion about the 2010 New Zealand Fletcher FU24 crash that also happened at Fox. Similar death toll, although at the time, it was the country's worst air disaster for 20 years. Those editors who voted 'delete' mostly argued that it wouldn't be long-lasting news. Well, they were wrong, as that item keeps popping up in conjunction with New Zealand's poor adventure tourism record. That is likely to continue, and from here on in, the 2010 and 2015 crashes will likely be referred in conjunction with one another, as they happened in a small place that now has had two air crashes, and they were both tourism related.  Schwede 66  17:30, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep per Schwede66.  Lugnuts  Dick Laurent is dead 19:39, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - seven deaths in a helicopter accident is notable and there will likely be lengthy investigation —Мандичка YO 😜 08:23, 27 November 2015 (UTC)


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