Abstract

The crash of an Air New Zealand DC 10 (Flight TE901) and the deaths of all 257 people on board, on the southern slopes of Mount Erebus, Antarctica, on 28 November 1979 is the worst disaster and loss of life on the continent. This paper analyses the causes of the disaster and its impact noting that it has taken two decades and a generation to provide sufficient temporal distance for cultural conciliation in New Zealand society.

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