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The Mount Erebus disaster occurred on 28 November 1979 when Air New Zealand Flight 901 (TE901) [nb 1] flew into Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica, killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board. [1] [2] Air New Zealand had been operating scheduled Antarctic sightseeing flights since 1977.
On 28 November 1979, the fourteenth flight of TE-901, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, registration ZK-NZP, flew into Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica, killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board. [8] [9] The accident became known as the Mount Erebus disaster.
Pages in category "Mount Erebus disaster" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * Mount Erebus ...
257: The DC-10's third deadliest crash happened with Air New Zealand Flight 901 or Mount Erebus disaster on November 28, 1979. The aircraft was on a sightseeing flight over Antarctica when, due to a navigational error, the aircraft crashed into Mount Erebus on Ross Island under reduced visibility due to whiteout conditions with all 257 ...
Mount Erebus (/ ˈ ɛr ɪ b ə s /) is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, located on Ross Island in the Ross Dependency in Antarctica.With a summit elevation of 3,792 metres (12,441 ft), it is the second most prominent mountain in Antarctica (after Mount Vinson) and the second-highest volcano in Antarctica (after the dormant Mount Sidley).
Debris from the air crash photographed at the site in 2004, on the 25th anniversary of the disaster. On 28 November 1979 an Air New Zealand aircraft carrying 257 people on a sightseeing flight to Antarctica crashed on the side of Mount Erebus, killing everyone aboard and scattering bodies and aircraft debris on the slopes above the bay.
Mount Erebus disaster (11 P) V. Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1979 (16 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1979"
Bateman in 2012. Charles Donald Bateman (8 March 1932 - 21 May 2023 (aged 91)), often known as Don Bateman, was a Canadian electrical engineer and the inventor of the Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS), a device that is responsible for a marked decline in controlled flight into terrain accidents, such as the Mount Erebus Disaster with Air New Zealand Flight 901.