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About Lindsay Robert Burgess
I was at a party and noticed the mood seemed to change. The person who drove me home broke the news of the accident. My parents, Lindsey Robert and Rose Ellen Burgess, were dead. Dad was 60, the flight was a birthday present for him and mum, from us six kids — we didn’t know we would be sending them to heaven. Dad was a caring and gentle man, a farmer/teacher/conservationist. Mum was an intelligent, faith-filled woman who dedicated her life to dad, us kids and grandchildren, she never drove a car and made the best sponge cakes around. For them, family, serving the community and education were very important and this has been reflected in all of our lives. From the moment of the crash our tragedy was everyone’s — it touched everyone in New Zealand. It made us deal with issues that we’d rather not have dealt with, but for better or worse it’s been a major force in shaping our lives. Source: Keryn Hewitt (daughter) via https://insights.nzherald.co.nz/apps/2019/erebus/
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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Lindsay Robert Burgess's Timeline
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November 2, 1919
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New Zealand
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| 1979 |
November 28, 1979
Age 60
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Antarctica
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November 28, 1979
Age 60
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Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
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