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Jurg Meier

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Birthplace: Dietikon, Bezirk Dietikon, Zürich, Switerland
Death: November 28, 1979 (22-23)
Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
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Fiancé of Kay Dean

Find A Grave ID: 235601949
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About Jurg Meier

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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Jurg Meier's Timeline

1956
1956
Dietikon, Bezirk Dietikon, Zürich, Switerland
1979
November 28, 1979
Age 23
Antarctica
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Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica