More families to head to Erebus

Another 80 family members of victims of the Erebus disaster are being given the opportunity to travel to Antarctica this summer watch

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• Memorial placed at Mt Erebus crash site
• Families take comfort from Erebus trip

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  Memorial placed at Mt Erebus crash site

  Two months after the 30th anniversary of the Mt Erebus air crash, Antarctic New Zealand… watch

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  Memorial schoolgirls meet Erebus relative

  Two Wellington schoolgirls who created a memorial to the victims of the Erebus air crash… watch

Erebus disaster anniversary: 

Monday November 28, 2011

• Erebus memorial to remember victims

Saturday February 19, 2011

• opinion Vicki Wilkinson-Baker: Sightseeing on the ice photos

Thursday February 17, 2011

• opinion Vicki Wilkinson-Baker: Erebus families' sombre journey photos

Wednesday February 16, 2011

• Wreaths laid at Erebus memorial watch

Tuesday February 15, 2011

• Erebus families hold breath on the weather watch

• opinion Vicki Wilkinson-Baker: Antarctic visitors, welcome and not watch photos

Tuesday August 3, 2010

• More families to head to Erebus watch

Thursday January 21, 2010

• Memorial placed at Mt Erebus crash site watch

Wednesday December 23, 2009

• Memorial schoolgirls meet Erebus relative watch

Sunday December 13, 2009

• Young girls create capital's first Erebus memorial watch

Wednesday December 2, 2009

• opinion Signing off from Scott Base

Tuesday December 1, 2009

• Air NZ to look into more Erebus flights photos

Monday November 30, 2009

• Families take comfort from Erebus trip watch photos

• opinion Penguins and early polar explorers

• Second attempt at Erebus trip cancelled photos

Sunday November 29, 2009

• Erebus site trip depends on conditions

• Day of sightseeing for Erebus group watch photos

Saturday November 28, 2009

• Closure at last for Erebus families watch

• Memorials held to mark Erebus disaster watch photos

• Erebus crash observed at Scott Base watch

• Air NZ CEO addresses Auckland memorial (4:18) watch

• Services remember Erebus victims watch photos

• Erebus 30 years on watch photos

• Conditions prevent Erebus site landing watch photos

• opinion Erebus from afar watch photos

Friday November 27, 2009

• Relatives of Erebus victims land on the ice watch photos

• Relatives make poignant journey to ice watch

• Erebus: Reporting on the tragic events

Blogs from the Antarctic

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  Vicki Wilkinson-BakerEREBUS

  Signing off from Scott Base

  ONE News reporter Vicki Wilkinson-Baker reflects on her seven days at Scott Base

The Erebus Story



Erebus: The history

On November 28, 1979, Air New Zealand flight 901, a DC-10 registered ZK-NZP, crashed into Mt Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica,…

• Erebus tragedy: Chronology of an air disaster
• Erebus: McDonnell Douglas DC-10
• Erebus: ZK-NZP - The accident plane

Erebus News 

Erebus Extra Video 

Search and Rescue



Erebus: The search for flight TE901

Many people will remember waiting for news on the night of 28 November 1979.

• Erebus: The recovery - Inspector Gilpin's account
• Erebus: The recovery - Inspector Leighton's account
• Erebus: The recovery - Ray Goldring's account

The Investigation



Flightpath controversy

Controversy surrounded the exact flight path the plane was due to take during its journey to the Antarctic

• Erebus: Last words
• The CVR transcript controversy
• The investigation - Mahon report
• The investigation - Chippindale report
• The investigation - Legal process

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