Betty Louise Smith

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Betty Louise Smith (Nikolaison)

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Birthplace: Norsewood, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
Death: October 28, 1979 (46)
Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Lewis Enock Nikolaison and Gwendoline Winifred Nikolaison
Wife of Douglas Albert Smith

Find A Grave ID: 235602794
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About Betty Louise Smith

On the morning of 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand Flight TE901 left Mangere airport, Auckland, for an 11-hour return sightseeing flight to Antarctica. At 12.49 p.m. (NZST), the aircraft crashed into the lower slopes of Mt Erebus killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board. It was the worst civil disaster in New Zealand's history. Source: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/erebus-disaster

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Betty Louise Smith's Timeline

1933
January 24, 1933
Norsewood, Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand
1979
October 28, 1979
Age 46
Antarctica
October 28, 1979
Age 46
Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica