Air New Zealand Flight 901 Crashes into Mount Erebus, 1979 November 28, 1979
Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
Date: November 28, 1979
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