They Blamed An Innocent Pilot For This Crash | Air New Zealand Flight 901
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This is the story of the Mount erebus disaster. Antarctica is a place that has not been explored much and maybe that's why so many people are so fascinated with it. On the 28th of november 1979, 237 such people boarded an air new zealand dc 10 in Auckland to see the sights of antarctica. Flight 901 was a sight seeing flight. Designed to give passengers a beautiful view of the continent of antarctica. The flight even featured a guide who would provide commentary on everything that they saw out of their windows. In fact sir edmund hilary was supposed to be a guide on this flight but he had to cancel and a friend of his took his place.
As routine as this flight felt the this flight came with a few unique challenges of its own, the DC10 had to carry a lot of fuel, if something went wrong they wouldn't have a lot of airports to choose from, if any were available at all that is.
On the 28th they were planning to fly through the mcmurdo sound which would give the passengers a great view of antarctica. After departing auckland the flight 901 approached antarctica. The US navy provided air traffic control services in this part of the world and thats who the pilots were in contact with. ATC gave flight 901 permission to descend to 1500 feet, usually the minimum altitude here was 6000 feet but ATC let planes fly a lot lower if the weather was good.ATC was fine doing this as they were flying over flat terrain or open water so 1500 is a perfectly safe altitude to be at. As they approached mc murdo sound clouds were low at 3000 feet and the pilots had some trouble communicating with the ATC but it wasnt too bad. The pilots talked with ATC, they worked out a system where the plane would descend down to 1500 feet with radar assistance, after that theyd be in visual conditions and theyd be able to navigate on their own. With the weather ahead being not ideal the crew decided to descend in a clear area, they put their DC10 into a series of orbits as the plane descended.
Throughout their descent the pilots kept checking in with ATC letting them know of the conditions that they were in, For example at 6000 feet they were still in the clouds. Unknown to the controllers this would be the last time they'd hear from flight 901. In the cockpit they had leveled the dc 10 and things appeared to be going quite well when suddenly the ground proximity warning system activated asking the pilots to pull up. The flight engineer said “500 feet” signifying that they were just 500 feet above terrain. The captain immediately commanded go around power, but before the engines could spool up to max power the ground rose up from underneath them. The DC10 flew into the side of mount erebus a mountain in antarctica. At the control tower at mcmurdo sound the minutes ticked by They waited for contact to be reestablished with flight 901. At first they assumed that fight 901 had diverted to lake victoria because of the better weather here. The controllers then tried hailing the plane on different frequencies but they got no reply. They even tried to get other airplanes to contact flight 901, still no reply. By 2 pm the plane had been radio silent for an hour and search and rescue airplanes were put on standby. Many hours later the wreck of flight 901 was found on the northern slopes of mount erebus at 1500 feet by a united states navy search aircraft. None of the 257 people on board survived.
The final report of the investigation into the crash of flight 901 cited pilot error as the cause. The pilots flew too low and accidentally flew their plane into a mountain, case closed right. But this
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This is the story of the Mount erebus disaster. Antarctica is a place that has not been explored much and maybe that's why so many people are so fascinated with it. On the 28th of november 1979, 237 such people boarded an air new zealand dc 10 in Auckland to see the sights of antarctica. Flight 901 was a sight seeing flight. Designed to give passengers a beautiful view of the continent of antarctica. The flight even featured a guide who would provide commentary on everything that they saw out of their windows. In fact sir edmund hilary was supposed to be a guide on this flight but he had to cancel and a friend of his took his place.
As routine as this flight felt the this flight came with a few unique challenges of its own, the DC10 had to carry a lot of fuel, if something went wrong they wouldn't have a lot of airports to choose from, if any were available at all that is.
On the 28th they were planning to fly through the mcmurdo sound which would give the passengers a great view of antarctica. After departing auckland the flight 901 approached antarctica. The US navy provided air traffic control services in this part of the world and thats who the pilots were in contact with. ATC gave flight 901 permission to descend to 1500 feet, usually the minimum altitude here was 6000 feet but ATC let planes fly a lot lower if the weather was good.ATC was fine doing this as they were flying over flat terrain or open water so 1500 is a perfectly safe altitude to be at. As they approached mc murdo sound clouds were low at 3000 feet and the pilots had some trouble communicating with the ATC but it wasnt too bad. The pilots talked with ATC, they worked out a system where the plane would descend down to 1500 feet with radar assistance, after that theyd be in visual conditions and theyd be able to navigate on their own. With the weather ahead being not ideal the crew decided to descend in a clear area, they put their DC10 into a series of orbits as the plane descended.
Throughout their descent the pilots kept checking in with ATC letting them know of the conditions that they were in, For example at 6000 feet they were still in the clouds. Unknown to the controllers this would be the last time they'd hear from flight 901. In the cockpit they had leveled the dc 10 and things appeared to be going quite well when suddenly the ground proximity warning system activated asking the pilots to pull up. The flight engineer said “500 feet” signifying that they were just 500 feet above terrain. The captain immediately commanded go around power, but before the engines could spool up to max power the ground rose up from underneath them. The DC10 flew into the side of mount erebus a mountain in antarctica. At the control tower at mcmurdo sound the minutes ticked by They waited for contact to be reestablished with flight 901. At first they assumed that fight 901 had diverted to lake victoria because of the better weather here. The controllers then tried hailing the plane on different frequencies but they got no reply. They even tried to get other airplanes to contact flight 901, still no reply. By 2 pm the plane had been radio silent for an hour and search and rescue airplanes were put on standby. Many hours later the wreck of flight 901 was found on the northern slopes of mount erebus at 1500 feet by a united states navy search aircraft. None of the 257 people on board survived.
The final report of the investigation into the crash of flight 901 cited pilot error as the cause. The pilots flew too low and accidentally flew their plane into a mountain, case closed right. But this
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