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The crash site

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The crash site

The crash of the Air New Zealand DC10 left a 600-metre debris trail that stood out starkly against the snow of Mt Erebus. Partly because the wreckage was spread out over such a wide area, the task of recovery was extremely difficult.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Air crashes – The 1979 Erebus crash , Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6555/the-crash-site (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 2 March 2009.