38 years ago today - the Mount Erebus disaster. Air New Zealand Flight 901 was a scheduled Air New Zealand Antarctic sightseeing flight that operated between 1977 and 1979. The flight would leave Auckland Airport in the morning and spend a few hours flying over the Antarctic continent, before returning to Auckland in the evening via Christchurch. 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, Antarct

It's been nearly 40 years since 257 people lost their lives in the Mt Erebus air disaster -- New Zealand's worst air tragedy. And finally the Government has plans in the works to build a $3 million memorial. Read more: https://bit.ly/2QmOXjk | 1News

On November 28, 1979, an Air New Zealand flight crashed into Mt Erebus, killing all 257 people aboard. Today we remember them. | nzherald.co.nz

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The Mount Erebus disaster took place on November 28, 1979, when Air New Zealand Flight 901, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, crashed into Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. The flight was a sightseeing trip to Antarctica, departing from Auckland, New Zealand, with 237 passengers and 20 crew members on board. The disaster was caused by a combination of factors, including a navigational error where the flight path was incorrectly programmed into the aircraft’s computer, leading the plane directly