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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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September 19, 1935
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Takapau, Hawke's Bay, North Isaland, New Zealand
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November 28, 1979
Age 44
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Mount Erebus, Antarctica
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November 28, 1979
Age 44
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Taradale Cemetery, [also National Erebus Memorial, Parnell, Auckland], Napier, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
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