Seishiro Shigeta

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Seishiro Shigeta

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Birthplace: Japan
Death: November 28, 1979
Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: [also Mount Erebus Memorial Cross], Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Find A Grave ID: 23560276
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About Seishiro Shigeta

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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Seishiro Shigeta's Timeline

1979
November 28, 1979
Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
November 28, 1979
Waikumete Cemetery, [also Mount Erebus Memorial Cross], Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
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Japan