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	Aircraft Accident: DC. 10 ZK-NZP Flight 901 - New Zealand Disasters - Kids - Christchurch City Libraries
		Because the air was clear and beneath the cloud layer, the white of the ice blended with the white of the mountain, with no contrast to show the sloping up of the land - a whiteout.
		At 10.00 pm (New Zealand time), about thirty minutes after the DC-10 would have used the last of its fuel, the airline told reporters that it had to be assumed that the aircraft was lost.
		Air New Zealand and the Civil Aviation Division were ordered to pay the costs of the inquiry, and the airline had to pay an extra fee of $150,000.
	library.christchurch.org.nz /Childrens/NZDisasters/Erebus.asp (1093 words)

	Aviation Safety Network > Accident investigation > CVR / FDR > Transcripts > CVR transcript Air New Zealand Flight 901 ...
		CVR transcript of the November 28, 1979 accident of Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 at Antarctica.
		Roger Kiwi New Zealand 901, VMC descent is approved and keep Mac Centre advised of your altitude.
		We are presently descending through flight level one three zero, VMC, and the intention at the moment is to descend to one zero thousand.
	aviation-safety.net /investigation/cvr/transcripts/cvr_nz901.php (759 words)

	Air New Zealand Flight 901 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Antarctic sightseeing flights were operated with McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 aircraft and began in February 1977, with this being the 14th flight.
		The accident report compiled by New Zealand's chief inspector of air accidents, Ron Chippindale, was released on 12 June 1980.
		The small size of New Zealand (at the time, the country's population was under three million) meant that that a sizable percentage of the population was affected personally or by association.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mount_Erebus_disaster (1953 words)

	New Zealand - Ancient and Modern History
		The New Zealand Wars were fought in New Zealand by Maori people, the British Army and new settlers, between 1843 and 1872.
		They were offered a new life in New Zealand; a free passage with their families, and a cottage with an acre of land to become theirs after a seven year term, in return for certain military duties.
		Though the campaign was a failure, Anzac (initials of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) has come to stand, in the words of the historian, C.E.W. Bean, "for reckless valour in a good cause, for enterprise, recourcefulness, fidelity, comradeship and endurance", remembered each year on April 25th.
	www.enzed.com /hist.html (1456 words)

	math lessons - Controlled flight into terrain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One of the most famous incidents of controlled flight into terrain was Air New Zealand Flight 901.
		Flight 901 crashed into Mount Erebus, Antarctica on November 28, 1979.
		There is still disagreement over the exact causes of the crash, but it is commonly accepted that the pilots' loss of situational awareness and whiteout conditions at the time were contributory factors leading to the crash.
	www.mathdaily.com /lessons/Controlled_flight_into_terrain (147 words)

	Airdisaster.Com Forums - 75 Years Ago & 25 Years Ago ...
		Air New Zealand Flight TE901 was a non-scheduled passenger flight from Auckland International Airport in New Zealand to Antarctica and return.
		At 10:00pm (New Zealand time), about thirty minutes after the DC-10 would have used the last of its fuel, the airline told reporters that it had to be assumed that the aircraft was lost.
		Air New Zealand received the licencing for these flights in February 1977 from CAD.
	www.airdisaster.com /forums/showthread.php?t=69469 (1519 words)

	Erebus, 1979 - Police Response to Disaster - NZHistory.net.nz
		The young married people who were able to go home at the end of their shift and talk about other things, they didn't talk about the horrors of the mortuary, managed to cope quite well, but the young single people who returned to their flats which were largely unoccupied suffered some quite bad psychological trauma.
		Flight TE 901 was classed as a domestic excursion flight, so passenger documentation was less rigorous than it would have been on an international flight.
		NZHistory.net.nz is produced by the History Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage.
	www.nzhistory.net.nz /culture/respondingtotragedy-erebus (1298 words)

	Air New Zealand DC-10 crash into Mt. Erebus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The last of these scheduled flights, Flight TE 901, a DC-10 with 237 passengers and 20 crew, took off from Auckland at 0820 on 28 November, on what was supposed to be an 11-hour turnaround flight.
		As it was, the flight crew was confident of their position and flight path until the collision alarms sounded just before the crash.
		The two photos on this page were released by the New Zealand Archives as part of their 25th year remembrance they have put up this site with more photos and the McMurdo message traffic concerning the crash and the search efforts).
	www.southpolestation.com /trivia/history/te901.html (435 words)

	Kowhai Gold Books - New stock
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		Born in Australia and brought up in New Zealand, Coningham survived an eccentric family background to rise from farmhand via fighter-pilot to commander of Anglo-American air forces in WWII before losing his life in mysterious circumstances after the war.
		Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into the side of the Mt Erebus in the Antarctic while on a sight-seeing trip from Auckland on 28 November 1979, killing all 257 people aboard.
	www.kowhaigold.co.nz /newstock1.html (11523 words)

	1981: Hitting the Road
		New Zealand had two television channels in 1981, and approximately 78 percent of licensed television sets were colour sets.
		When it is screened on New Zealand television some years later, it is watched by 50 percent of the population over 5 years old—1.5 million people.
		It states the ‘single effective cause’ of the 1979 crash of Air New Zealand flight 901 was the alteration of flight coordinates in the aircraft navigation system.
	www.filmarchive.org.nz /archive_presents/1981/1981.html (1306 words)

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	Controlled flight into terrain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The distracted flight crew did not recognize the plane's slow descent and the completely airworthy aircraft struck the ground in the Everglades, killing 101 out of 176 passengers and crew.
		The crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901 into Mount Erebus, Antarctica on November 28, 1979.
		CFIT was the probable cause of the famous August 2, 1947 crash of the Star Dust airliner on flight CS59.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rock_Filled_Cloud (496 words)

	Air New Zealand Flight 901 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was the 14th such flight operated by Air New Zealand.
		After radio contact was lost, McMurdo Station in Antarctica, who had been in radio contact with the flight, kept trying to contact it, and finally informed Air New Zealand headquarters in Auckland that communication with the aircraft had been lost.
		The wreckage was finally located about 1:00am New Zealand time by a United States Navy search aircraft.
	air-new-zealand-flight-901.kiwiki.homeip.net (820 words)

	Air New Zealand Flight, Air New Zealand Flight information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		New Zealanders will tell you that there is so much more to see and do in New Zealand, than just what you see in the brochures.
		Air New Zealand is the National airline of New zealand.
		1979; Air New Zealand DC10-30; near Mt. Erebus, Antarctica: The aircraft was on a sightseeing flight from New Zealand to...
	www.newzealandz.co.uk /AirNewZealandFlight (1572 words)

	TIME.com: Tour to a Snowy Death -- Dec. 10, 1979 -- Page 1
		The clear, crisp morning promised perfect weather for flying and sightseeing, as Air New Zealand's Flight 901, a gleaming white-and-silver DC-10 with turquoise trim, took off from Auckland Airport.
		Flight 901 was scheduled to be far more comfortable, cruising at 35,000 ft., well above any turbulence, descending only in spots to 6,000 ft. for a closer look at the scenery.
		Captain Jim Collins, 45, was a flyer of 21 years' experience with a reputation for being "the epitome of a non-risk taker," but it was his first flight on that particular polar route.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,912556,00.html (656 words)

	Air Flight New Schedule Zealand
		On June 18, 2006 Air New Zealand announced the flight schedule for a new non-stop route.
		Flight schedules have also been expanding on Air New Zealandâs routes to Europe, USA, Australia and the South Pacific, and these are very much part of Air.
		Air New Zealand Flight TE901 was a scheduled Antarctic sightseeing.
	flightresourcez.com /air_flight_new_schedule_zealand.html (1162 words)

	cvr 791128
		An incorrect computer-stored flight plan resulted in a navigational error directing the flight towards Mt. Erebus.
		Kiwi 901, Mac Center descend and maintain flight level one six zero.
		Roger Kiwi New Zealand 901, VMC descent is approved and keep Mac Center advised of your altitude.
	www.planecrashinfo.com /cvr791128.htm (610 words)

	ASN Aircraft accident description McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 ZK-NZP - Mount Erebus
		The aircraft's descent was continued to 1500 feet on the flight planned track back toward Ross Island for its next turning point, Williams Field, McMurdo.
		The probable cause according to this investigation was: "The decision of the captain to continue the flight at low level toward an area of poor surface and horizon definition when the crew was not certain of their position and the subsequent inability to detect the rising terrain which intercepted the aircraft's flight path."
		In their judgement, delivered in October 1983, the five Law Lords of the Privy Council dismissed the Commissioners appeal and upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal decision, which set aside the costs order against the Airline, on the grounds that Mahon had committed clear breaches of natural justice.
	aviation-safety.net /database/record.php?id=19791128-0 (470 words)

	The Antarctic Sun
		It was the 50th anniversary of Adm. Richard Byrd's flight to the Pole, the first time an aircraft had conquered the vast expanse of Antarctica.
		When news of the Air New Zealand wreck was released, all other events were forgotten.
		In New Zealand, investigations into the cause of the crash dragged on for years.
	antarcticsun.usap.gov /oldissues99-2000/99_1128/erebus.html (917 words)

	air new zealand flight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Air links the North and South Islands of New Zealand between Wellington, Picton and Kaikoura.
		Definition of Air New Zealand Flight 901 Air New Zealand Flight TE901 was a non-scheduled passenger flight from Auckland International Airport in New Zealand to Antarctica and return.
		WELLINGTON - An Air New Zealand domestic flight with 99 people on board declared a midair emergency and landed safely Tuesday after an electrical fault was detected, the airline said.
	www.newzealandtraveltip.com /newzealand/airnewzealandflight (1456 words)

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		Lively account of the travels of Marianne North, an unmarried lady of independent means, in Australia and New Zealand in 1880-1881, based on her journals.
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	Stacy Knutson Enterprises - Antarctica Banknotes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This is in commemoration of New Zealand Air Flight 901, which was a tourist flight that crashed into Mount Erebus in 1979 with no survivors.
		New Zealand Wine Post "The New Zealand Wine Post is the Official issuer of the postage stamps of the World's Most Southern Winery." This website is pretty neat!
		Antarctica Post mail is exclusively sent from the South Pole Station to Dunedin New Zealand, where it is packaged and sent to your address.
	www.stacyknutson.com /antarctica.html (1044 words)

	Air New Zealand Flight 901 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Air New Zealand sightseeing flight 901 from New Zealand to Antarctica crashed into Mt expanse of Antarctica.
		Aviation Safety Network: CVR transcript of the November 28, 1979 accident of Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 at Antarctica.
		Air New Zealand immediately entered the jet age, with the arrival of their first Douglas when a sightseeing flight Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Mount
	www.travelcollections.com /air_new_zealand_flight_901.asp (714 words)

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		After primary and secondary schooling in England, he finished his education in New Zealand where he studied German at the University of Auckland and completed a doctorate on the poetry and politics of Hans Magnus Enzensberger.
		Sewell was Burns Fellow at Otago University in 1981 and 1982, and president of the New Zealand Poetry Society in the early 1990s.
		Essential New Zealand Poems features more than 200 shorter poems selected for their immediate impact on the reader, and is aimed at the widest possible audience.
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	Air New Zealand Flight 901 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Such flights had been operating since February of 1977.
		It also stated that six aircraft had been launched to find Flight 901.
		In 1980 Air New Zealand decided to replace their DC-10 fleet with Boeing 747-200s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Air_New_Zealand_Flight_901 (1953 words)

	Erebus, 1979 - Police Response to Disaster - NZHistory.net.nz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901 on Mt Erebus, Antarctica
		This was particularly difficult since few of the dead could be immediately identified.
		C.H.N. L'Estrange, The Erebus enquiry: a tragic miscarriage of justice, Auckland, Air Safety League of New Zealand, 1995
	www.nzhistory.net.nz /culture/794 (1298 words)

	Scoop: Waikumete ceremony marks 25th Erebus anniversary
		The Erebus memorial was erected in 1981 beside the mass grave of unidentified victims of the DC10 accident during a sightseeing flight to Antarctica.
		Police News: 50 Years Of Police Dogs To Be Celebrated - The New Zealand Police Dog Section will complete its 50th Anniversary celebrations with a Ministerial Parade on Saturday 7 October at the Dog Training Centre.
		Dogs were first introduced into the New Zealand Police in 1956, when Constable Frank Riley was seconded from Surrey County Police to develop police dog training in New Zealand.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/AK0411/S00104.htm (951 words)

	Airline Disasters - Encyclopedia FunTrivia
		The first airline disaster in the United States was a ground collision involving a Colonial Air Transport Fairchild FC-2.
		It happened at New Brunswick, New Jersey on October 30, 1927 and resulted in 4 fatalities.
		While it is the only incident I could find in airline history of an aircraft hitting a volcano, another alert user has informed me that Air New Zealand flight 901 crashed into Mount Erebus, an active volcano in the Antarctic, on November 28, 1979, resulting in 257 fatalities.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/Airline-Disasters-213695.html (535 words)

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