Speaking on Thursday, Ardern said the commission's findings were "never received by the government of the day in the way it should have been." She added that the "findings have always stood," and described Thursday's apology as "recognition of the findings of that report, all those many, many years ago. All Albums » Recovery Operation Collection: Search Tags. The first of Air New Zealand’s DC10s, delivered in 1973, incorporated safety modifications, but the aircraft again made headlines in May 1979, just months before Erebus, when an American Airlines flight out of Chicago crashed, killing all 273 people on board, after a wing-mounted engine broke free. Warning: the content of this video may be upsetting to some people. The crash was the worst in the country’s aviation. Mahon's findings were not accepted by the airline or New Zealand's government at the time. The final moments aboard Air New Zealand flight TE901 before it crashed into Mount Erebus. It is 40 years since a plane belonging to national carrier Air New Zealand crashed into Mount Erebus, a volcano, on a scenic tour of Antarctica. The head of the commission, Justice Peter Mahon, described Air New Zealand's participation in the investigation as "an orchestrated litany of lies." Beautiful cinematography is a stark contrast to the heartbreaking and gruesome reality of how an Air New. It found the cause of the disaster was because the aircraft's flight path had been changed without telling the pilots. aviation disasters: the Mount Erebus crash of 1979. The public outcry led to a second investigation in 1980 by a Royal Commission. An initial investigation blamed pilot error, but many in New Zealand accused the government of trying to cover up for the national airline. Air New Zealand’s one-day sightseeing flights to Antarctica began in 1977. There were several inquiries after the crash to determine what caused the state-owned aircraft to slam into the side of Mount Erebus. Although it did not occur on New Zealand territory, the crash of an Air New Zealand DC10 on Mt Erebus, Antarctica, in 1979 with the loss of 257 lives is widely regarded as New Zealand’s worst air accident. Offers Famed Arctic Shipwrecks As 'Exceptional Gift' To Canada A recovery crew on the site of the 1979 Mt.
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