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In 2006, the New Zealand Special Service Medal (Erebus) was instituted to recognise the service of New Zealanders, and citizens of the United States of America and other countries, who were involved in the body recovery, identification, and crash investigation phases of Operation Overdue. On 5 June 2009, the New Zealand government recognised ...
Of the 16 passengers and 2 aircrew aboard the flight, all but one perished in the crash. Sixteen-year-old John McCafferty was returning from Florida and his parents were waiting for him at the Owls Head Airport. Seated in the rear of the plane, McCafferty briefly saw trees through the fog just before the crash.
Erebus: The Aftermath was a 1987 New Zealand television miniseries about Air New Zealand Flight 901, which crashed in Antarctica in 1979. The miniseries, a docudrama, was produced by Television New Zealand, and was broadcast in New Zealand and Australia. It was also aired by BBC 2 television in the UK.
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in New Zealand (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in New Zealand" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
All 200 people on board the aircraft perished in the deadliest plane crash in Uzbekistan as well as the deadliest plane crash involving a Tupolev Tu-154. Aeroflot Flight 505 – Shortly after take-off from Tashkent , the Yakovlev Yak-40 banked sharply to the right and crashed, killing all 9 people on board.
See Graham Hill plane crash. Hit trees when coming in to land due to fog. [54] James DeWitt Hill: United States 1927 Aviator Old Glory: North Atlantic Aircraft crashed during an attempt at a transatlantic flight from the United States to Italy. Ployer Peter Hill: United States 1935 Test pilot Boeing Model 299: Wright Field, Ohio
At 14:28 the aircraft had descended to 3000 feet and the pilots deployed the flaps. The aircraft's speed was 165 knots, and increased to 211 knots; 2 minutes 14 seconds later the aircraft crashed into the harbour killing two, the captain and a passenger.
Air New Zealand Flight 4374; ... 1979 Garuda Fokker F28 crash; I. 1979 Mosfellsheiði air crashes; L. Lufthansa Cargo Flight 527; M. Manises UFO incident; Mount ...