Air New Zealand's chief executive Morrie Davis (above) quitting in May in the wake of the report on the Mount Erebus DC10 crash. November 29, 1979. (Photo by Fairfax Media NZ) Photo: Fairfax Media NZ / Freddie Freeman
"It's a woeful story, isn't it?"
With the pilots' reputations in tatters, a second investigation unearths appalling mistakes and a sensational new theory for what caused the crash.
White Silence. No Survivors. No answer. Never-ending.
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