Mix up of coordinates in the flight computer combined with a special antarctic whiteout condition, flying lower than leagally allowed, and flight crew not correctly trained for antarctic flight. As is the case with most aircraft accidents its not just one factor but a series of things that caused it. When the ground proximity warning went off the pilots could have climbed fast enough to avoid the crash but due to the whiteout condition the pilots had no idea they were headed at a mountain, and thinking they were flying over open water due to the coordinate error, did as they were trained and started a slow 15 degree climb which wasnt fast enough to miss the mountain. The rules for how low a passenger jet can fly allows for no less than 6000 feet for a number of safety reasons such as stall recovery and accidently straying into mountains. This flight was flying under 1500 feet for sightseeing purposes (they had special permission to fly at 4500 so they were flying illegally low). There is a good reason for flight rules! You can check wikipedia.com for a full narative of the accident that is accurate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_New_Zealand_Flight_901
1979
No one survived this crash.
The manifest listed 270 souls aboard.
The devastating plane crash on Mount Erebus occured on 28th of November, 1979.
no, the crash happened because the coordinates of the flight path were changed without the captains knowledge.
Pilot error
No, everyone perished, including the pilot.
The crash occurred on 28 November 1979. It killed 237 passengers and 20 crew, and became known as the Mount Erebus disaster.
There was a single engine plane that crashed in the Mount Auburn Cemetery around 1970. I believe one one person died in the crash.
Mt Erebus is covered with glaciers, and with little pollution there, appeared to be pristine white enough to blend into the local, low-altitude weather -- a white-out.
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