Remembering the Mount Erebus disaster - 28 November 1979
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- čas přidán 29. 05. 2021
- On the 29th of November 1979, then Sergeant Greg Gilpin from Wellington Police and 11 other officers flew to Antarctica the day after Air New Zealand flight TE901 went missing.
The Mount Erebus disaster occurred on 28 November when Air New Zealand Flight TE901 crashed into Mount Erebus on Ross Island, Antarctica, killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board.
In the hours that followed the sighting of the wreckage of Air New Zealand's Antarctic Flight TE901, professionals and volunteers around the country learned that they were required to head, assist or report on the site investigation and recovery operation.
The video details the memories of retired Inspector Greg Gilpin who worked on Operation Overdue. His son, Senior Sergeant Sam Gilpin helps tell the story.
Your Dad attended so many disasters, he's a bloody hero in my book, thank you for all your years of service and sharing your story 💖🇳🇿 your a legend.
Today, I come across this video following my family research. My 4th Cousin x2 removed, Myra Pearl Harty, was on that fateful flight. In two days time, I shall be remembering Myra and the other 256 people who lost their lives on that mountain in 1979. RIP.
Respect for the New Zealand Police and all the brave and competent professionals who assisted in recovering the victims of the tragedy.
Still can't believe they sent 12 ordinary policemen into that hostile environment to carry out an unimaginable task. (I'm sure it would be highly trained professionals nowadays).They did well!!
Wow! Great tribute, very moving.
Thank you for your service.
Well done, sir. Well done all of you.
I remember that, it was so hard to think such a thing could happen. I read the book on it.
Everyone remembers where they were when Flight TE901 was reported missing. So glad it is being memorialised.
The problem is that the Memorial in Dove Meyer Robinson Park is still being held up. The people need to trust the expert committee who have had the experience in erecting appropriate memorials at a number of air disaster sites or accessible places nearby. All the relatives and friends of those other albeit “smaller” tragedies have had significant closure and help from those memorials. Now please let them proceed to erect the monument to remember those souls lost on that fateful day in 1979. The causes of the crash, and the aftermath Chips and Mahon enquiries, the reasons for the lies and errors are all known. Now let everyone say sorry to the victims and their families by allowing the memorial to go ahead - don’t leave it to the politicians.
God bless the people that are able to do that kind of work. That would be rough.
My great uncle was on this. 😔
I am so sorry for your loss.
@@iansilo105 thank you
Kia Ora, thanks for this. I teach operation overdue in class every year. Just wondering where is this museum located?
Awesome to hear Veronica! It's located at the Royal New Zealand Police College in Porirua, Wellington
@@newzealandpolice Is this display available to the public ?
🙏🏼
Brave work 🙏
Damn imagine that
These were the real heros of Erebus. PTSD was not recognised and dealt with properly in those days. Even Chippindale, Gemmell and Rhodes had to have been affected by their brief attendance at the crash site. Probably the same camaraderie that was made in the trenches in the horrors of the First World War bound Chips and Gemmell together with the mutual support. Hence Chippindale being so influenced by the AIr NewZealand case. Then the polarisation of Chips and Mahon’s reports.
As for the ring binder with the coordinates - I have heard that the order for destruction of documents may have been issued by Des Dalgety. Not by Morrie Davis who was eventually just a pawn to be discarded in the same way as ANZ tried to discard Collins and Cassin. And it was not “duplicate” documents but relevant documents.
When Greg Gilpin and Stu Leighton were on the ice, did they have mountaineers always with them? I have heard that there were a number of interesting incidents which may emerge in time. Such brave men.
My uncle nick jarvis was on that flight,😢
There's quite the story about why they crashed - the crew was geven incorrect flight path instructions. They ended up flying straight toward the snow-covered slope of the mountain through clouds, so it was completely invisible until it was too late.
So sad I'm surprised we can go to the moon but someone can't come up with a invention that would eliminate plane crashes something like parachutes or something
Our deep condolences to the families and praise for the Kiwi ( New Zealander ) rescuers from your brothers and sisters in Miami and Ocala, Florida, Estados Unidos de América.......My wife and I lived in the town of Cypress, California when this awful preventable accident took place......Heart wrenching to see Melinda Maria Arnold wearing her sunglasses at age 17, born in 1962 in New Zealand the same as my wife's sister, but in a different island, since my wife's sister is from Cuba as we are......Melinda would be 60 now.....What a nice looking 1970's teen she was.......May they have passed with no time to suffer at all, which was no doubt the case............César M. González Betancourt.........Ocala, Florida, U.S.A.
"What a nice looking 70s teen she was"?! Dude, that's HELLA creepy, especially from a person your age.. luckily it's on a nz police channel, hopefully they put you on some watchlist after this!
Your Dad & all the police who went down to Erebus did an absolutely amazing job. They deserve knighthoods.
What caused this tragic crash ? 😢
Someone changed the flight path without telling the pilots. Big cover up. Shameful.
Condolences from Pakistan 🇵🇰. But was it a pilot error or he lowerd the plane for tourists ?
He did lower the plane, but he thought he was on a different flight plane. It appears the one put into the planes system was changed and he was unaware.
Plus, he couldn't really tell where he was at in regards to the new path because of the "white out" phenomenon. Everything looked the same with all of the ice and snow.
Hey I tried to tell ‘em
Didn't show much.
They had experience with disasters not ordinary beat police officers
Was a pilot error that caused this accident?
Think it was lack of training in the polar area something to do with "whiteout" I think where you cannot tell the clouds from the white terrain I believe, something like that anyway.
@@DBZ483
Nope.
The Mahon Royal Commission into the incident cleared the flight crew of any fault and found that Air New Zealand was at fault for altering the flight plan and not advising the crew of those changes.
@@AUmarcus thanks, again was just something i heard didn't know if it was true though.
@OI seems like it was a series of unfortunate events, honestly
1) the pilot lowered the altitude thinking they were on a previous flight path
2) the weather conditions caused the "white out" phenomenon, which made the pilot think they were still on that other flight path
3) outdated (for today's standards anyways) technology had the proximity alarms sound with only a mere seconds before collision - no time to avoid.
It was programmed wrong.not pilot error
Amazing work 😘 let’s not forget our men and women in emergency services go above and beyond for our safety they need our loving support always xxx 😘
There ll be round 2 bitches, my area my sword, yall head yall eyes
What the @#$&$ are you talking about Willis?
First lol ✌️