The only published transcript of voice data from TE901 is presented in THE ACCIDENT, Transcript. For an explanation of how and what was changed, refer to BACKGROUND, Flight Path. The plan loaded into the aircraft’s flight management computer was not that on which the flight crew had been briefed 19 days earlier, but no one had told them. For information on the DC-10, see BACKGROUND, McDonnell Douglas DC-10.Īt the heart of much of the eventual controversy surrounding the causes of the accident were changes made to the flight plan of TE901. During the 1970s, several high-fatality and high-profile DC-10 crashes meant that, when ZK-NZP went down in Antarctica, immediate suspicion was laid on the aircraft. Integral to the ability of Air New Zealand to provide the Antarctic flights was their new long-range aircraft, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. To gain an understanding of the climate within which the flights took place, see BACKGROUND, Antarctic Experience. Interest in the Antarctic had been particularly strong amongst the scientific community since the late 1950s, but only a small number of privileged people had experienced the wonders of the icy south. If the details of the Erebus tragedy are new to you, it is our hope that the information presented on this website will enable you to understand the sequence of events, and the context within which they occurred.Īntarctic overflights were a new and exciting breakthrough in airborne tourism. Captain Vette Receives an IFALPA Presidential.Studying the Effects of the Recovery Operation.U.S Policy Regarding Aviation in Antarctica, 1968.Marketing Antarctica - Expert Commentators.
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