1979 Air New Zealand Flight 901 crash
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The 1979 Air New Zealand Flight 901 crash was a fatal sightseeing flight disaster in Antarctica in which a DC-10 airliner struck Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board and becoming one of New Zealand’s worst aviation tragedies.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aviation accident
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controlled flight into terrain ⓘ |
| aircraftManufacturer | McDonnell Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aircraftModel | DC-10-30 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aircraftRegistration | ZK-NZP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aircraftType | McDonnell Douglas DC-10 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| airline | Air New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeCategory |
flight path programming error
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navigational error ⓘ whiteout conditions ⓘ |
| commissioner | Justice Peter Mahon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| countryOperator | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crew | 20 ⓘ |
| crewErrorContext | unaware of changed flight path ⓘ |
| date | 1979-11-28 ⓘ |
| deadliestForAirline | Air New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destinationType | sightseeing flight ⓘ |
| fatalities | 257 ⓘ |
| flightNumber | Flight 901 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flightProfile | round-trip from Auckland to Antarctica and back ⓘ |
| flightPurpose | Antarctic sightseeing ⓘ |
| impactType | collision with terrain ⓘ |
| investigatedBy |
Chippindale inquiry
NERFINISHED
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Royal Commission of Inquiry into the crash of Mount Erebus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
changes to sightseeing flights to Antarctica
ⓘ
reforms in New Zealand aviation safety oversight ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | controversy over airline responsibility ⓘ |
| location |
Mount Erebus
NERFINISHED
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Ross Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memorialLocation |
Scott Base area, Ross Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Waikumete Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mountainHeight | 3794 metres ⓘ |
| nationalImpact | major tragedy for New Zealand ⓘ |
| navigationSystem | inertial navigation system ⓘ |
| notablePhrase | an orchestrated litany of lies ⓘ |
| occupants | 257 ⓘ |
| oneOfWorstDisastersIn | New Zealand aviation history ⓘ |
| operator | Air New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originAirport | Auckland International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originCity | Auckland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originCountry | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passengers | 237 ⓘ |
| phaseOfFlight | cruise ⓘ |
| routeChange | last-minute change to flight coordinates ⓘ |
| survivors | 0 ⓘ |
| terrainFeature | volcanic mountain ⓘ |
| visibilityConditions | whiteout ⓘ |
| year | 1979 ⓘ |
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