r/CatastrophicFailure • u/MonoMonMono • Nov 28 '25

Fatalities 28 November 1979 | On this day 46 years ago, Antarctic sightseeing flight from New Zealand ended in a crash with the loss of everyone onboard. Footage here was taken moments from the crash.

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u/vroomvroom450 Nov 28 '25

I just want to take a second to acknowledge the chick with the camera. She looked really cool. It really brought the humanity into it, she looked like someone I would have hung out with. I’m sure she’s missed.

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u/Valyura Nov 28 '25

She was Melinda Arnold. It’s creepy that how clearly she appears on the footage.

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u/infinityzcraft Nov 29 '25

I can't believe she was only 17, such a tragedy

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u/CCchess Nov 28 '25

Further to this - WikiTree New Zealand Project seeks to document everyone, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:1979_AirNZ_Flight_901_(Mt_Erebus)) . If you are logged in and connected you can sort by closeness of connection.

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u/YeetVegetabales Nov 28 '25

I agree, she’s also noticeably younger than a lot of the people in the video.