The Mt Erebus tragedy: Air New Zealand DC10-30 ZK-NZP, Flight NZ901

On the 28th of November 1979 an Air New Zealand DC10-30 ZK-NZP, Flight NZ901, crashed into the side of Mt Erebus killing all 257 people on board. A combination of administrative mistakes by Air New Zealand Ltd and a weather phenomenon known as sector whiteout meant the ill-fated flight was on a cras...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parsons, Waverly
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:English
Published: University of Canterbury 2004
Subjects:
Ross Island
New Zealand
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/13994
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Summary:On the 28th of November 1979 an Air New Zealand DC10-30 ZK-NZP, Flight NZ901, crashed into the side of Mt Erebus killing all 257 people on board. A combination of administrative mistakes by Air New Zealand Ltd and a weather phenomenon known as sector whiteout meant the ill-fated flight was on a crash-course with the side of the Mt. Erebus on Ross Island. Following this tragedy was an in depth Aircraft Accident report by Ron Chippendale, blaming the pilot in command, Captain Jim Collins for the accident. Following this, a Royal Commission headed by Justice Peter Mahon found that the cause of the crash was not the Captain’s fault, but negligence on behalf half of Air New Zealand administration and procedures. Subsequently, all passenger flyovers where stopped in Antarctica

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