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Morrie Davis announces finding wreckage of Flight TE901

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Morrie Davis announces finding wreckage of Flight TE901
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Morrie Davis, Air New Zealand’s chief executive, announces that the wreckage of Flight TE901 has been found on Mt Erebus.

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Morrie Davis: I just wanted to tell you that it's now coming through, of course you probably, some of you, will have already ascertained that the wreckage has been sighted in the Antarctica on a location which indicates Mt Erebus in the McMurdo Sound area. And we have no other information other than helicopters are going in now and are likely to be at the site within about 20 minutes.

Part of: Hearing the news

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Audio: Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Reference: 1587

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Image: still shot from Erebus Disaster: Lookout (YouTube)

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Morrie Davis announces finding wreckage of Flight TE901, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/sound/morrie-davis-announces-finding-wreckage-flight-te901, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated


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