Flight 901 facts
While investigating facts about Flight 901, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Operation Overdue, the recovery operation for Air New Zealand Flight 901, a sight-seeing tour that crashed into an Antarctica mountain, killing 257. One worker said of the brutal recovery "Our polar clothing became covered in black human grease." The wreckage is still there.
Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into the Antarctic Mountains in November 1979. The 257 bodies were recovered but the crash remains was left behind. When the snow partially melts in the Antarctic Summer, the remaining pieces of the fuselage are visible from the air.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 3 of the best facts about Flight 901 I managed to collect.
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Flight 901 flew straight into Mount Erebus due to 'sector whiteout': both pilots thought the mountain rising dead ahead was the Ross Ice Sheet.
