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Aircraft debris

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Aircraft debris

One of the DC10 wheels can be seen in the foreground, with more crash debris in the background. Mechanical fault with the aircraft was ruled out as a possible cause of the crash.

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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/6556/aircraft-debris (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 2 March 2009.