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Ethel Mary Armitage

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Death: November 28, 1979 (74)
Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
Find A Grave ID: 235599205
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About Ethel Mary Armitage

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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Ethel Mary Armitage's Timeline

1905
January 6, 1905
1979
November 28, 1979
Age 74
Antarctica
November 28, 1979
Age 74
Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica