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Nancy King

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Birthplace: New Zealand
Death: November 28, 1979 (62)
Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Henry John Charles King and Marion Menary King
Sister of Robert Henry King and Margaret Bell Carr

Find A Grave ID: 235601385
Managed by: Private User
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About Nancy King

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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Nancy King's Timeline

1917
March 19, 1917
New Zealand
1979
November 28, 1979
Age 62
Antarctica
November 28, 1979
Age 62
Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica