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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 ...
No. 40 Squadron RNZAF Active June 1943 – October 1947 December 1954 – present Country New Zealand Branch Royal New Zealand Air Force Role Strategic and Tactical Air Transport Garrison/HQ RNZAF Base Auckland Motto(s) Maori: Ki nga hau e wha English: To the four winds Mascot(s) Mariners compass star Anniversaries 1 June Equipment Boeing 757, C-130H Hercules, C-130J-30 Super Hercules ...
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; Air Rhodesia Flight 827; ... 1979 Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crash This page was last edited on 8 May 2020, at 13:37 (UTC). Text is ...
Pages in category "1979 disasters in New Zealand" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Barilko and Hudson remained missing for 11 years until the plane's wreckage was found 56 miles (90 km) off course north of Cochrane, Ontario, partially burned and submerged in a swamp with the men's bodies found still strapped in their seats. [4] [5] Killed in plane crash 11 years Henry Hudson Unknown Canada 11 years 1951 Philip Mangano: 53
The crash and subsequent inquiry resulted in major changes in Air New Zealand's management. 257 (all) 0 0 0 TE24: 19 May 1987 Boeing 747-200: Nadi International Airport, Fiji During the first of Fiji's coups d'état that year, Air New Zealand Flight 24, flying from Tokyo Narita to Auckland via Nadi, was hijacked at Nadi International Airport ...
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.