Does anyone remember this story? Any investigations/updates?

[Dover]

Joyous last days ease pain for widowed bride
By Andrew Stevenson and AAP
September 30 2002

Happened in New Zealand:

...Then, on Thursday, unimaginable heartbreak: Mr Le Gallo was among six people killed in a plane crash on Hamilton Island, leaving his bride to relive their final days together with a mixture of heartache and happiness.

The Le Gallos, both counter-terrorism experts with a US security firm, had been married for less than a week.

...snip...

Mr Le Gallo and five others died when a Piper Cherokee crashed soon after take-off on Thursday night.

Mrs Le Gallo also confirmed that she and her husband had travelled separately so that the Bowles family, Kevin and Joanne and their children Sophie and Michael, could travel together. The family and the pilot were also killed in the crash.

...snip...


SAIC, the US security and engineering firm the Le Gallos worked for, has contracts with the FBI. Mrs Le Gallo recently gave a paper at a conference on nuclear, biological and chemical security.

Mr Le Gallo's father, who flew to the island on Saturday, is a former CIA operative....cont'd

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/30/1033283391782.html?oneclick=true

[rooboy]

1. I live in the state where this happened...

and it just followed the standard investigation line at our end - pilot error/mechanical failure etc. Nothing sinister was ever suggested about the circumstances of the crash itself, although I do agree with you that it seems sus...

[Paradise]

2. What an absolutely beautiful picture, Dover! :) n/t

[0007]

3. I remember the story some what but not clearly!

[Dover]

4. Thanks all. There may not be anything to this but......

it is interesting that an Israeli spy wanted in Canada, is somehow connected to New Zealand (and purportedly was involved in espionage).

Israeli spy may be using Canadian passport


BY JIM BRONSKILL
CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — Federal officials are investigating whether a suspected Israeli spy is travelling in Asia on a stolen Canadian passport.

Foreign Affairs spokesman Reynald Doiron said agencies are checking allegations that Zev William Barkan — embroiled in a New Zealand espionage caper — is using a Canadian passport issued under the name Kevin William Hunter....cont'd

http://tinyurl.com/6tr8u

For some reason the link to my original article doesn't work, so I'm trying it again here:

http://tinyurl.com/6bjfh