Zaka makumi atatu zapitazo sabata ino, New Zealand inali misozi yambiri.
Dzikolo linakumana ndi tsoka lalikulu kwambiri la ndege lomwe silinachitikepo, pa November 28, 1979, ndege ya Air New Zealand paulendo wokaona malo ku Antarctica inagunda phiri la Erebus, kupha anthu 257 onse amene analimo.
DC10 idalima m'malo otsetsereka okhala ndi chipale chofewa mumikhalidwe yoyera yomwe idapangitsa kuti ngakhale phiri la 3,600m lisawonekere.
Mwanzeru, inali malo angapo pamwamba pa ngozi yoopsa kwambiri ya ndege ku Australia, ndege ya US yomwe inatsika ku Bakers Creek, kumpoto kwa Queensland mu June 1943, kupha asilikali 40.
Ndipo chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa anthu a ku New Zealand m'zaka za m'ma 1970 okwana mamiliyoni atatu okha, sizodabwitsa kuti pafupifupi aliyense ankadziwa wina yemwe anali paulendo wa Erebus, kapena amadziwa wina yemwe amadziwa munthu wina pa jeti yomwe inawonongedwa.
Ma Kiwi mazana awiri, 24 aku Japan, 22 aku America, Britons XNUMX, Canada awiri, Australia, French ndi Swiss m'modzi adamwalira.
Chisoni cha dzikolo chinali chokulirapo koma chisoni chachikulucho posakhalitsa chinasinthidwa ndi mkwiyo waukali pamene wonyamulira dzikolo anakangamira pochita ndi ozunzidwa ndi anthu.
Palibe uphungu womwe unaperekedwa ndipo Air New Zealand inafulumira kuimba mlandu woyendetsa ndege Jim Collins ndi antchito ake ngakhale kuti posakhalitsa zinawululidwa kuti analibe olakwa.
M'malo mwake, zidawonetsedwa kuti dongosolo la ndege losinthidwa silinaperekedwe kwa woyendetsa, ndikusiya ndegeyo panjira yogundana ndi Erebus.
Ndegeyo idalepheranso dzikolo ndimalipiro achinsinsi achinsinsi kwa mabanja komanso kukana kosatha komwe, monga momwe lipoti lina linanenera, "inali ndi dongosolo lachinyengo".
Koma patatha zaka 30 zowawa, dzikolo lidayamba kukonza mabala ake a Erebus chifukwa cha kupepesa kwa ndege yomwe ambiri amakhulupirira kuti idachedwa kwambiri.
Pamwambo wa Okutobala ku Auckland, bwana wa kampani Rob Fyfe adavomereza kuti wonyamulayo adalakwitsa.
“Sindingathe kubweza wotchi kumbuyo. Sindingathe kusintha zomwe zachitidwa, koma pamene ndikuyembekezera ndikufuna kutenga sitepe yotsatira paulendo wathu ndikupepesa.
"Pepani kwa onse omwe ... sanalandire chithandizo ndi chifundo chomwe ayenera kukhala nacho kuchokera ku Air New Zealand."
Unali kupita patsogolo kwakukulu kwa dzikolo, lomwe silinalole kuti alendo apite ku Antarctica kuchokera ku New Zealand kuyambira ngoziyi.
Koma kuchira kudakali m'masitepe amwana.
Kuchita molimba mtima kwa bizinesi ya Christchurch kuti abwereke ndege ya Qantas ndikugulitsa matikiti kwa omwe akufuna kupita ku Erebus pachikondwererochi adatsutsidwa mwankhanza.
“Zikuoneka zachilendo kunena koma ndiganiza kuti kudakali msanga,” anatero mkazi wina amene amayi ake anamwalira pangoziyo.
