As relatives of the Erebus victims return to the crash site to mark the 30th anniversary, Jim Collins’ daughter Pippa makes a surprising discovery.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 9: Report and reaction

Nov 26th, 2019 37m 50s

When Justice Peter Mahon accused Air New Zealand of "an orchestrated litany of lies", it marked the beginning of his own downfall.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A 50 Year Secret, Uncovered

Dec 27th, 2019 1m 34s

School teacher Jennifer Beard disappeared on New Zealand's West Coast while hitchhiking on New Year's Eve 1969. Nearly three weeks later her body was found under a bridge outside the tiny township of Haast. Now a Herald investigation has uncove

Episode 8: The cover-up

Nov 25th, 2019 31m 23s

The puzzling disappearance of Captain Collins' black ringbinder and the evidence of two Air New Zealand staff at the commission of inquiry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 7: Whiteout

Nov 24th, 2019 30m 29s

How the little-understood phenomenon of whiteout played a big role in the crash and the pilot who helped explain it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 6: Cover-up or incompetence?

Nov 21st, 2019 29m 39s

As Air New Zealand navigation staff admitted to error after error in the lead-up to the Erebus crash, the Mahon inquiry wondered how many mistakes could be considered cerdible,See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 5: The Chippendale report

Nov 20th, 2019 34m 17s

The first official account of how the crash happened is released - and it does not look good for the pilot, Captain Jim Collins.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 4: Blame and liability

Nov 19th, 2019 29m 31s

Investigators struggle to hear vital clues on the plane's 'black box' flight recorder. Finally they reach a conclusion - but are stunned by what happens next.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 3: Crash positions

Nov 18th, 2019 34m 12s

As traumatised rescuers try to cope with the carnage on the slopes of Erebus, claims emerge of a cover-up at Air New Zealand.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 2: The flight

Nov 17th, 2019 37m 4s

The events of November 28, 1979. The family of pilot Jim Collins recall the day he never came home and an American pilot describes his attempt to warn the doomed Air New Zealand DC10.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 1: Champagne flights to the ice

Nov 17th, 2019 36m 20s

It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime - but 257 people died when an Air New Zealand plane crashed into Mt Erebus in Antarctica in 1979. The reasons why are as controversial today as ever.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat

Trailer

Nov 7th, 2019 53s

It was New Zealand's biggest peacetime disaster - and some say the nation's biggest cover-up. On November 28, 1979, an Air New Zealand DC10 crashed into the slopes of Mt Erebus in Antarctica, killing all 257 people on board. But who was reall

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