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NZ901 The Mount Erebus Disaster

October 13, 2020

Thanks to our Patron Kevin Shaw and Will Lanting from Twitter for recommending this episode! Thanks to Brendan for guesting for this episode!

Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus_disaster

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19791128-0

https://www.fss.aero/accident-reports/dvdfiles/NZ/1979-11-28-NZ.pdf

https://www.erebus.co.nz/Portals/4/Documents/Reports/Mahon/Mahon%20Report_web.pdf

https://www.google.com/maps/@-77.4159033,167.4654638,7z

https://www.google.com/maps/@-77.4159033,167.4654638,161824m/data=!3m1!1e3

Research Sources:

https://www.fss.aero/accident-reports/dvdfiles/NZ/1979-11-28-NZ.pdf

https://www.erebus.co.nz/Portals/4/Documents/Reports/Mahon/Mahon%20Report_web.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus_disaster

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19791128-0

External Links:

https://youtu.be/2YWqTDYdka0 (Documentary shown below)

https://www.erebus.co.nz/

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/erebus-disaster

https://youtu.be/Uthi8QAKboo

A documentary about The Mount Erebus Disaster, potentially from the New Zealand Library.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus...
In Pilot Failures, Company Failures Tags New Zealand, Mt. Erebus, CFIT, Controlled Flight into Terrain, Antarctica, Air New Zealand Flight 901
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