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| Name: | Peter Yearbury,N.Z.S.S.M.(Erebus) |
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| Location: | Christchurch |
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| Comments: | I was one of the team of Embalmers who helped.(then aged 27 years)
Although a very difficult and unpleasant task, it was an honour and priviledge to have been able to help in New Zealand's worst disaster with the loss of 256 lives. |
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| Visit Date: | 16/08/2009 |
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| Name: | Max Körte, Capt. /Checkairman ret. |
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| Location: | Germany |
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| Comments: | All the years after that tragic desaster we pilots were eager to get as much information on the why's . Thanks to your outstanding work and enthusiasm now we have a comprehensive and clear picture what happened. My fellow managment pilots have learned the lesson. This website will serve as a benchmark tool to educate all responsible people.
With sincere greetings! |
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| Visit Date: | 30/07/2009 |
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| Name: | Klaus Sievers |
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| Location: | Germany |
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| Comments: | My compliments on the website and
my condolences to the Crew and Passengers of the flight.
Klaus Sievers |
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| Visit Date: | 28/07/2009 |
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| Name: | Nicholas Sickelmore |
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| Location: | Te Awamutu |
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| Comments: | I first heard about the crash when I was at school in England. At the time I was 8 years old and didn't know or understand why my family where so upset when I was at home. It was a very sad day as we had lost my uncle Dave Sickelmore (Cabin Crew). We visited New Zealand in November 1979 for the funeral, etc. This is when my parents fell in love with New Zealand and could totally understand why my uncle left England to move here. We moved here in 1986 and have called it home ever since. I think that this website is a wonderful to celebrate those inviduals that lost theirs lives in this tragic event. I hope that family, friends and loved ones keep writing their thoughts on this page. I often think of uncle Dave and how he is getting on. When time gets on and wounds are healed, I hope that the truth about this awful event will be told. |
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| Visit Date: | 21/07/2009 |
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| Name: | Shams |
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| Location: | Auckland - New Zealand |
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| Comments: | Congratulations on this informative website, I have never heard of this tragedy before, and have never thought about aviation accident rate in NZ, now you got me thinking!
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| Visit Date: | 18/07/2009 |
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| Name: | Michelle |
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| Location: | Melbourne |
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| Comments: | An expat kiwi, I was born a month to the day after the Erebus disaster, and have grown up with stories of it all my life. I just want to say how much I admire the Collins family for the tragedy they have weathered, and that my thoughts are with the friends and families of all the victims.
Congratulations on a first class website and a wonderful educational resource. Lest we forget.
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| Visit Date: | 17/07/2009 |
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| Name: | Andy |
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| Location: | Auckland |
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| Comments: | This is a truly remarkable web-site and I'm so glad there is finally a place where people can come to learn about this terrible disaster. May those who died never be forgotten. |
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| Visit Date: | 12/07/2009 |
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| Name: | Ross Crawford |
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| Location: | Tauranga |
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| Comments: | The over-arching purpose of Air Safety Investigation is that lessons may be learned for the benefit and safety of all. Mr Chippendale's probable cause: "the decision of the Captain to continue the flight at low level toward .... poor surface and horizon definition .... and the subsequent inability to detect the rising terrain which intercepted the aircraft's flight path." is ultimately correct, but insufficient. Justice Mahon sought to answer the question even a four year old might ask: "Why?". In his comprehensive "systems" approach (Now the norm) to this inquiry, Mahon (and independently, Justice Mohansky in Canada) was ahead of his time.
Congratulations to those responsible for this excellent website. |
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| Visit Date: | 9/07/2009 |
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| Name: | Sadiqain |
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| Location: | Pakistan |
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| Comments: | I was 9 years old when I saw the pictures of the crash and was really touched by the story. My heart goes out to the families of all those who lost their lives in this horrific accident. The site is very useful in providing information about the accident. |
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| Visit Date: | 8/07/2009 |
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| Name: | Christine Edney |
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| Location: | Upper Hutt |
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| Comments: | A great website and well done to all concerned. As my sister was one of the passengers I have followed with interest over the years all that has been written. That day was a day in my life of loss and new beginnings. It was my sister's 40th birthday and the family lost one of its own but on the same day my son was born so every year we rejoice and grieve. I have spoken to severl people who were involved in the recovery and I hold them all with great respect. It was a hard task that they were asked to do with no real expericence in that line. This year it will be thirty years since the accident and to see a website dedicated is great and wonderfuol to know that this event will not be forgotten. |
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| Visit Date: | 6/07/2009 |
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| Name: | John Williams |
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| Location: | Hobart |
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| Comments: | I take great exception to the derogatory comments in this guest book posted by Maurice McGreal, FRAeS. (Note: this post was edited under the guestbook posting rules). As Philip Haslemore puts it - "Might I suggest though, that although the internet is a place of free expression perhaps you should remove posts that appoint blame to either side. Otherwise instead of having a tribute you may end up with a slinging match that may hurt some of those you produced this site for. There are a few other pilot forums that might be a more suitable place for their debate." |
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| Visit Date: | 6/07/2009 |
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| Name: | Andrew Oliva |
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| Location: | Kansas City, Missouri USA |
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| Comments: | Great site for information, have had an interest in this accident for years, due to having read Capt. Vette's book by chance back when I was in Junior High.
Justice is served for the Crew of TE901 and I intend on paying my respects at the memorial at AKL on landing there for the first time next month. |
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| Visit Date: | 5/07/2009 |
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| Name: | Paul Schulpen |
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| Location: | Netherlands |
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| Comments: | My thoughts go out to all who lost their lives back then. Thanks to all the work from many among us we live in a safer world now. |
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| Visit Date: | 4/07/2009 |
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| Name: | Tom |
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| Location: | Canberra Australia |
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| Comments: | This is truly a magnificent web site. I sincerely hope we never have another disaster of this magnitude.
My heart goes out to those who lost loved ones in such tragic circumstances. |
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| Visit Date: | 4/07/2009 |
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| Name: | Ruud Barrink |
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| Location: | The Netherlands |
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| Comments: | This website is justice to all who lost their lives on Erebus and a lesson learned for airaccident investigation
excellent website |
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| Visit Date: | 3/07/2009 |
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