mt erebus plane crash documentary dailymotion

His research into the Erebus disaster was prompted by his strong sense of fair play and the sure knowledge that a re-enactment of the tragedy can only be prevented by finding its true cause, regardless of how much masking takes place as a result of political or economic considerations. Pilot, qualified navigator and engineer, Gordon Vette’s involvement with aviation is as broad as it is deep. Even with the most modern instruments available, nature can still spring traps beyond prediction and even the best run airline could become the victim of a computer error. The result was a story which is eerie in its implications for airmen.

Gordon Vette, a fellow pilot of Captain Jim Collins, the man in command, could not accept the ‘pilot error’ verdict, and began his own study and investigations.Ī Royal Commission headed by a forthright High Court Judge, dug deep into the planning and execution of the flight. Air New Zealand Flight 901 is the worst air crash in New Zealands history. Due to this crash, Antarctica sightseeing flights were forever canceled. This made the pilots have no idea where their positions were. It took nearly two years for the fog to lift from the mystery. Also, the weather when the plane was flying at the area was poor with zero visibility (thanks to a phenomenon called whiteout). Why should a skilled crew, with an Antarctic explorer on the flight deck, fly straight into a mountain wall in clear weather? The crew was blamed. Documentary produced by John Keir on the Royal Commission of Inquiry in to the DC-10 crash at Mt Erebus in Antarctica. But still the cause eluded investigators. And Antarctic weather scientists were monitoring local weather patterns, and receiving sophisticated film from satellites. This was a painstakingly salvaged and developed. Almost every passenger on the sightseeing trip carried cameras and shot film up to the last second. The aircraft’s electronics sensors were working and decipherable.

Yet for all its isolation it was one of the best documented catastrophes. Nine hours later, a US Navy aircraft from McMurdo Station sighted the wreckage – a brown smear on the ice. On 28 November 1979, the Air New Zealand DC10 with 257 people aboard took off from Auckland International Airport and flew 2000 miles southwards to the Antarctic, to plunge into the slopes of Mt Erebus, a 20,000-foot volcano. The crash of Flight 901 was the loneliest of the world’s air disasters. Captain Vette Receives an IFALPA Presidential.Studying the Effects of the Recovery Operation.U.S Policy Regarding Aviation in Antarctica, 1968.Marketing Antarctica - Expert Commentators.

Mt erebus plane crash documentary dailymotion