Dorothy Rose Marsden

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Dorothy Rose Marsden (Norris)

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Birthplace: Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: November 28, 1979 (45)
Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
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Wife of Joseph Alan Marsden

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About Dorothy Rose Marsden

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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Dorothy Rose Marsden's Timeline

1934
April 3, 1934
Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
1979
November 28, 1979
Age 45
Antarctica
November 28, 1979
Age 45
Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica