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About Roy Pearce Thomas
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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Roy Pearce Thomas's Timeline
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1917
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Waitotara, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1917/11339). |
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| 1979 |
November 28, 1979
Age 62
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Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
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November 28, 1979
Age 62
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Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Isaland, Antarctica
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