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May 2021
30m 32s

The Mount Erebus Crash of Flight NZ901 -...

Jasmin Charlotte
About this episode

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode, I discuss the crash of plane flight NZ901 into Mount Erebus. The Air New Zealand flight was on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica when it seemingly inexplicably crashed directly into Mount Erebus. I discuss what happened, the causes and the controversy which still continues. 

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Sources:
White Silence - podcast series from Stuff / RNZ

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117352236/white-silence-film-captures-last-images-of-passengers-before-erebus-crash

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-50555046

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

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

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/28/mount-erebus-plane-crash-ardern-apologises-40-years-after-air-new-zealand-crash-that-killed-257

https://www.erebus.co.nz/The-Accident/The-Accident/Operation-Overdue

https://www.greatdisasters.co.uk/air-new-zealand-flight-901/

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