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| Name: | Maurice J Smalley |
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| Location: | Mt Maunganui NZ |
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| Comments: | It is sad but predictable that the only negative comments should come from the ICAO, a part of the UN (United Nations), the most corrupt entity on earth.
My wife was employed as ANZ cabin crew at the time of this disaster and was positioned in Christchurch to crew the flight back to Auckland,overwhelming sadness and concern for the passengers and crew lost has never left us.
Well done on an excellent website, the truth of this accident needed to be recorded for generations to come.
Thankyou to all involved. |
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| Visit Date: | 30/06/2009 |
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| Name: | Enrique |
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| Location: | Bogotá, Colombia |
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| Comments: | Congratulatios!
This is a big effort to bring safety investigation to the what and why and not simply the who.
Pilot error is "the spears end" of the organizational accident.
Keep it up! |
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| Visit Date: | 29/06/2009 |
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| Name: | Shikamaru |
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| Location: | HamiLtrOn, The City Of The Future ! |
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| Comments: | this was a great site.. luv yaas xoxox
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| Visit Date: | 29/06/2009 |
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| Name: | Brian O'Dea |
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| Location: | Melbourne |
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| Comments: | Congratulations to all concerned with the presentation of this memorial. The content is an on-going reminder to all that the correct attitude to, and application of, their role in safely operating an aircraft is constantly required. Justice Mahon's role, with the wonderful help of many others, in pursueing the broad causes involved in this accident facilitated the worldwide growth of knowledge and understanding of aircraft accidents. Vale to all of the victims. |
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| Visit Date: | 29/06/2009 |
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| Name: | Phoebe |
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| Location: | Wellington |
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| Comments: | A really good website which makes you think back to the awful tragedy which we all should know about in nz because air nz is our plane, our history. Before I came to this website i didn't know anything about that tragedy except that it happened and it was bad obviously. I will tell my friends about this website and I'
m sure they'll have a look. Great read and very interesting. Thanks |
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| Visit Date: | 29/06/2009 |
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| Name: | Kathryn Collins |
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| Location: | Auckland |
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| Comments: | Thank you to the ALPA team for the immense effort that has gone in to the production of this website , and all those who have contributed by their hard work into making this valuable resource available for people to access all over the world.
The sacrifices made by so many of the living in order to remember those who died ,and to find reasons for why they died ,is a testament to the strength and courage of the human spirit. These people worked extremely hard in often very adverse conditions in order to find out why TE901 ,with an experienced competent ,senior aircrew on board, crashed in broad daylight on the side of Mt Erebus in the Antarctic on Nov 28 1979.
It is their accounts, the work of Gordon Vette on visual sector whiteout, Peter Mahon's understanding of the complexity of the case, and the likes of Greg Gilpin and Stuart Leightons' experience of the circumstances encountered on the ice that have helped complete the picture presented here.
I would like to thank Keith Pattie, Paul Lyons and Mark Rammell of ALPA to name a few for all the effort over the years that they have put in toward supporting this outcome, and those members of ALPA whose names I would like to mention ,if I only knew them all.
For us to lose our dearly loved father and husband Capt Jim Collins in such circumstances was something we never thought possible and was emotionally devastating . He was an extremely meticulous pilot ,a methodical and careful planner and navigator ,and didnt take unnecessary risks. He was also a great Dad spending lots of time with his children.
He knew aircraft backwards ,having also been an airframe mechanic in the airforce before becoming a pilot and was very respectful of machinery and all interactions with it.
He loved flying ,was kind to people and had a great sense of humour, and great humility.
He didnt deserve what fate provided him with and probably nor did we or the others who died with him, but if out of his death can come something that helps others then he would have been pleased , and it helps me to think that perhaps others can learn from this experience.
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| Visit Date: | 29/06/2009 |
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| Name: | Paul Lyons |
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| Location: | Auckland |
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| Comments: | While there are some who have the view that the Erebus tragedy was simply 'pilot error', it has long been known that failures in complex transport systems are rarely if ever simple. The vital point we must take from any accident on the scale of Erebus is the understanding of all factors leading to the event and developing strategies to prevent a repeat. Erebus was a significant event in New Zealand's aviation history and if we are to learn from it, we must never forget what factors led to it.
The NZALPA website gives the opportunity for any visitor, whether child or adult, to study the event and come to their own conclusions. |
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| Visit Date: | 28/06/2009 |
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| Name: | John Blanch |
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| Location: | UK |
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| Comments: | Met Gordon years ago and was intrigued by the entire case. Also appalled by some of the behaviour of ANZ management at that time, and the air safety investigation approach that was at best simplistic. Very moved by Justice Mahon's phrase "orchestrated litany of lies". This must never be allowed to happen again. |
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| Visit Date: | 28/06/2009 |
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| Name: | George Webb |
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| Location: | Auckland |
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| Comments: | Very information and interesting site, congratulations on all the hard work to put it together. Thank you so much for providing this as a valuable resource. |
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| Visit Date: | 28/06/2009 |
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| Name: | Mauri |
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| Location: | Auckland |
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| Comments: | I disagree totally with this whole story. The simple causal aspect which led to this crash was the decision by Jim Collins to continue descent when he had not established the aircraft's position.
Note: (Comments of a personal nature have been edited from this posting.)
I was in Montreal at ICAO when the Mahon Report came out and the Head of Operations there said to me "What on earth is going on down there in NZ?' From Page 185 of my book "Noble Chance" I have long ago expressed my views regarding this whole sad event. I trust this "blog" will help some aspect of reality regarding aviation safety to become understood by the airmen of today; many of whom seem to have forgotten "airmanship" in favour of "playstation" attitudes. Maurice McGreal FRAeS |
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| Visit Date: | 27/06/2009 |
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| Name: | Roger Chua |
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| Location: | Singapore |
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| Comments: | Very good website and a story well told. A fitting memorial for those who perished. A good reminder that all in aviation should strive for zero accidents and when accidents do happen, the why must be pursued relentlessly and tirelessly to prevent a recurrence. I will alert my blog
(www.wrightsquawks.blogspot.com) readers to this website by putting up a posting. |
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| Visit Date: | 26/06/2009 |
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| Name: | Dennis Gordge |
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| Location: | South Africa |
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| Comments: | Well done on the website. And thank you for improving the Accident Investigation ethos for all of us. |
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| Visit Date: | 26/06/2009 |
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| Name: | david bartoli |
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| Location: | Florence, Italy |
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| Comments: | Another sad story with a huge loss of lives. And once again all aviation learnt
a lot from this.
great site. |
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| Visit Date: | 26/06/2009 |
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| Name: | Karl Vette |
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| Location: | Hong Kong |
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| Comments: | Fantastic site, a huge amount of dedicated work, aviation thanks you all.
For those who 'stood out' and spoke the truth risking everything, we honour you.
Dad, I am very proud. |
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| Visit Date: | 26/06/2009 |
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| Name: | Gordon & Charmaine Vette |
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| Location: | Auckland |
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| Comments: | Well done, NZALPA. A mammoth task, a brilliant website.
Thank you for making this information available to everyone. |
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| Visit Date: | 26/06/2009 |
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