The crash of Air New Zealand flight 901, like many disasters, was the result of several factors.
1. Confusion regarding the chosen route The flights designated route had been adjusted prior to the flight without the flightcrew being notified.
2. Weather conditions. The flight was a sight-seeing flight, and in order to give passengers a view of the terrain, the flight crew had to fly below the 2000 to 3000 foot ceiling.
3. The aforementioned low ceiling caused a white-out visual illusion which prevented the pilots from seeing Mount Erebus.
4. The flightcrew, while experienced, had never flown in Antarctica before and were not familiar with the hazards antarctic flying can present.
A much more detailed description of the events can be found on the wikipedia, the corresponding page is linked below.
The devastating plane crash on Mount Erebus occured on 28th of November, 1979.
1979
Pete Maravich
The crash occurred on 28 November 1979. It killed 237 passengers and 20 crew, and became known as the Mount Erebus disaster.
8:20 am on the 28th of November, 1979
28th November 1979
Schuyler Haydn died on September 25, 1979, in San Diego, California, USA of plane crash.
Crash - 1979 VG was released on: USA: July 1979
Aaliyah died on August 25, 2001 in a plane crash in the Bahama's. The crash happened because the plane was overloaded. see Wikipedia for more information: http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaliyah
Nigel Olsson Accidently Killed A Driver in 1979 in a big crash.
Sadly Yes, She died in a Plane Crash, when it crashed, it killed 8 out of 9 people instantly from the impact/explosion. She was on her way back from The Bahamas, after finishing her video shoot for the single "Rock The Boat" on her "Aaliyah" album. (January 16, 1979 - August 25, 2001) RIP.
Crash Course in Science was created in 1979.