Air new zealand mt erebus crash series#

Which made my heart stop, because I stopped and I went 'they're pretty close to Erebus. said board minutes later showed the company knew from the start that its planes did not normally fly over Mt. All 257 people on board an Air New Zealand DC-10. The Erebus disaster: Air New Zealand's DC10 crash.

'They gave me a position which I plotted and they said they were descending to 5000 feet. The tail section of an Air New Zealand DC10 plane is seen after it crashed into Mount Erebus in Antarctica in 1979. The first sightseeing flights over Antarctica starting in the 1970s were very popular. The DC10 was flying at 447 meters when it crashed. An incorrect computer-stored flight plan resulted in a navigational error directing the flight towards Mt. At 12:50 that day, TE901 crashed into Mt Erebus in Antarctica. Just the one word and any New Zealander knows what you mean: Antarctica, plane crash. You don't need to say any more than that. Erebus while on sightseeing flight to Antarctica. 9 News World The tragic story of the Air New Zealand jet that flew into Mt Erebus, killing all 257 people on board By Michael Wright Stuff 11:48am Erebus.

Air new zealand mt erebus crash series#

Knock recalls talking with the DC10's crew moments before the crash in a new podcast series Erebus Flight 901: Litany of Lies?, which begins on .nz tomorrow. Home to the unidentified remains of the 1979 Mt. ZK-NZP The aircraft crashed into the slopes of Mt. A US airman has revealed for the first time his desperate attempt to warn the crew of a doomed Air New Zealand DC10 that they were flying straight into Mt Erebus.įirst lieutenant and navigator Marlin Knock was flying 40 minutes behind Flight 901 on a C-141 Starlifter on the day of the disaster, Wednesday November 28, 1979.