Richard John McKendry

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Richard John McKendry

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Birthplace: Nelson, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand
Death: November 28, 1979 (33)
Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
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Son of Ronald Norman McKendry and Isabel Clare McKendry

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About Richard John McKendry

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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Richard John McKendry's Timeline

1946
June 3, 1946
Nelson, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand
1979
November 28, 1979
Age 33
Antarctica
November 28, 1979
Age 33
Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica