Air New Zealand Flight 901
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 Wreckage from ZK-NZP seen from the air. This and other pieces of wreckage remain at the crash site to date.
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| Date | 28 November 1979 |
| Type | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica |
| Passengers | 237 |
| Crew | 20 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Fatalities | 257 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 |
| Operator | Air New Zealand |
| Tail number | ZK-NZP |
| Flight origin | Auckland Airport |
| Destination | Christchurch International Airport |
Air New Zealand Flight 901 was a scheduled passenger flight that crashed into Mount Erebus on November 28, 1979. It was a sightseeing flight to Antarctica that should have flown from Auckland, New Zealand, and back.
The flight's route had been changed without the crew's knowledge shortly before the plane took off. Because the weather conditions of the Antarctic were so bad (severely limiting visibility), and the crew believed they were following the original flight plan, the plane crashed straight into Mount Erebus. None of the 257 people on board the plane survived the crash.
