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Wreckage from Erebus disaster

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Wreckage of part of airplane fuselage with debris scattered over ice. Flags dot the landscape

This view of the crash site, looking downhill through the wreckage of Air New Zealand Flight TE901 towards the Lewis Bay sea ice, shows a maze of body location flags. This photograph was taken by Colin Monteath of the Antarctic Division in December 1979.

Credit

Image: Archives New Zealand, Te Rua Mahara o te Kawanatanga, Christchurch Regional Office. Reference: CAHU CH282/Box13/9 Large black and white prints of crash site operations December 1979 [with captions], 1979

How to cite this page

Wreckage from Erebus disaster, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/wreckage-erebus-disaster, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated