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Events on Wednesday 28 November 1979 1
1979Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashes into Mount ErebusA sightseeing flight ends in Antarctica's deadliest disasterAn Air New Zealand DC-10 on a sightseeing flight over Antarctica crashed into Mount Erebus on 28 November 1979, killing all 257 people aboard. A later inquiry found the airline had altered the flight's programmed coordinates without informing the crew. It remains New Zealand's deadliest peacetime disaster.