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The Mount Erebus disaster took place on November 28, 1979, when Air New Zealand Flight 901, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, crashed into Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica. The flight was a sightseeing trip to Antarctica, departing from Auckland, New Zealand, with 237 passengers and 20 crew members on board. The disaster was caused by a combination of factors, including a navigational error where the flight path was incorrectly programmed into the aircraft’s computer, leading the plane directly