Andrew Blackwood-Murray

The wife of a pilot whose aircraft plunged into the ocean during an airshow last year says she thinks about her husband every day.

Andrew Blackwood-Murray was taking part in an airshow linked to the Next Generation of Aviation Professionals Global Summit 2025, hosted at Virginia Airport.

On August 14, his ZS-AEC Extra 300 aircraft, which was performing its final display, crashed into the sea.

A month later, ALS Paramedics spokesperson Garrith Jamieson said emergency teams had been called to the Bay of Plenty after a body washed up on the beach.