#Air new zealand mt erebus crash full#

This category is managed by the Disasters Project in association with the Categorization Project. The ill-fated Air New Zealand flight which crashed into the side of Antarcticas Mount Erebus on November 28, 1979, instantly killed all 257 crew and passengers on board. At the time of the disaster, it was the fourth-deadliest air crash of all time. Roundhill ski field in the South Island stands in for Mt Erebus. Erebus by Pat Shepherd / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 NZ. Co-director Charlotte Purdy has close ties to the disaster her uncle Gordon Brooks, an Air New Zealand engineer, died in the crash. The crash remains the worst civilian disaster in New Zealand’s history. Four minutes and 42 seconds after its last communication with McMurdo Station Flight 901 crashed into the lower slopes of Mt Erebus, killing all on board. All the 237 passengers and 20 crew on board were killed. This is one of New Zealand's two deadliest disasters – the other being the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake, which killed 256 people. On 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand Flight TE901 crashed into the slopes of Mt Erebus in Antarctica while on a sightseeing flight to the continent. On the morning of 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand Flight TE901 left Mngere airport, Auckland, for an 11-hour return sightseeing flight to Antarctica.

#Air new zealand mt erebus crash full#

The plane was lost from the fleet of the national carrier, Air New Zealand, which was in full state ownership at the time. Erebus remains the worst civil accident in New Zealands history, and the scale of loss shocked the nation. The accident is more commonly known as the Mount Erebus disaster. (NZST) the aircraft crashed into Mt Erebus, killing all 257 passengers and crew. On 28 November 1979, the fourteenth flight of TE-901, collided with Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica, killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board. Read reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. This category contains profiles of persons associated with the 1979 AirNZ Flight 901 (Mt Erebus) disaster.Īir New Zealand Flight 901 (TE-901) was a scheduled Air New Zealand Antarctic sightseeing flight that operated 1977-1979, from Auckland to Antarctica and return via Christchurch.