Erebus 'Operation Overdue'

[zk2704]

Something which I am definitely going to watch about. This movie is about the search for clues of Air New Zealand Flight 901 which crashed on the side of Mt Erebus in the Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica which all 257 passengers and crew passed out instantly on impact with the mountain in the worst disaster in NZ aviation history. (Hope these methods used on TE901 (NZ901) should be used on MH370!)

In my personal knowledge of aviation, this is the very first air accident I have found out more about despite finding out when I was at primary school back in 2007 when NZFF was a small flightsim community with about 100 or so members.

[Naki]

I am feeling old ... remember that day vividly

[Ian Warren]

I Know the day like .. well plus .. the crash report , paper work ans other finding s .. that day .

[omitchell]

I can see why this was getting outstanding revues at the film festivals around the globe. An excellent documentary about the guys on the ground. Very well made...

[Bazza]

There was also a team of Police who spent weeks in the mortuary assisting in making sense of what was brought back. They got
about as much help and recognition as the poor sods on the ice. How times have changed , trauma counselling is now offered at
the drop of a hat.

[omitchell]

QUOTE (Bazza @ Jul 13 2014,11:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

There was also a team of Police who spent weeks in the mortuary assisting in making sense of what was brought back. They got
about as much help and recognition as the poor sods on the ice. How times have changed , trauma counselling is now offered at
the drop of a hat.

Yeah different times bro. We now KNOW you need to support these guys. Back then, it was "Suck it up and get on with it"...

And hey, who would have thought, the DVI procedure drawn up by a bunch of "Street Cops" on the side of a mountain in Antarctica would become the world wide operating procedure for all DVI situations in the future...

[AdrianPetford]

I already have a big interest in the case but this brilliant documentary really helped fill in some of the things I didn't know.

Glad what these brave guys went through has finally got due recognition, and their groundbreaking work has become the standard for others to follow.

Interestingly, the documentary's producer is the niece of TE901's flight engineer.

[zk2704]

Pics of the situation back in 1979 courtesy of erebus.co.nz













The antarctic experience promised by Air NZ

[SA227]

I was at 2 minds as to whether I would watch this as my father was a Manager with Air NZ at the time and I saw a lot of stuff that went on behind the scenes as it were. I did watch the last 30 minutes and found it worth while. I will watch the whole thing one day.

Just out of interest, I had the pleasure of sitting on the flight deck on a DC10 from Nadi to Rarotonga 2 months prior to the accident. The captain was Jim Collins and the aircraft was ZK-NZP.