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Air New Zealand in doubt over sight seeing flights to Antarctica
Back in February of 2012 many families who lost loved ones on the DC10-30 ZK-NZP TE901 accident in the Antarctica had revisited the sight of what remains the memorial and the wreckage of flight TE901 on the lower slopes of Mt Erebus. Air New Zealand put on a specail public charter using there own B744 too the ice after 35 years ago when they lost one of there DC10-30 aircraft.257 passengers and crew perished. Now the airline has run into trouble trying to find a suitable wide bodied aircraft for… (www.nzherald.co.nz) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Looking at this being a Kiwi myself. I cannot see why the families Carnot revisit the site where there family members perished in 1979. Air New Zealand owes that to them and to the rest of the nation of NEW ZEALAND. I am sure the B773 can do the return trip and stop back at NZCH/CHC to refuel. Remember these are very modern hi tech aircraft compare to the 1970's era of instruments back then. Times have changed. If Qantas can run there B744'S down there why cannot ANZ even if there 747-419's have all gone. Boeing 777's can do that trip. But mind you a twin engine aircraft is what there concern about if things go wrong. What do you think PREACHER1 I here your a former pilot.? Or anyone else like to contribute to this.
I would not fly to Antartica in any twin and such flights should never be allowed for fare paying passengers. I know all the statistics about the chances of two engines failing but just pause a moment and think about how it would feel to be over the ice with only a single engine between you and another disaster. Charter a 747, A340 or A380 from someone else if these flights are to happen.
The C-130's they use have Wing, empennage, and radar dome heating from engine bleed air and props, windows and pitot tubes electrical power. Their is manual control ability in hydraulic control FBY failure and ability to modify fluids for ice (and other ops). Obviously they wear appropriate clothing and 20 or less fly at any one time. Commercial aircraft in the environment don't have the same protections and if any emergency arises and a miracle 747/A380 ice landing occurs the stations (McMurdo etc.) don't have the capacity for 100 plus frozen meat popsicles or in an accident don't have the medical capacity to cope. If anyone really wants to go call on the government to take properly dressed people in a C-130 and arrange a helicopter to visit the actual site. don' have to get out of the copter but better the staring out a window at a memorial speck 16,000 ft.below.
....better then... - wish they would have the ability to edit.
The spelling is atrocious, go back and rewrite this one.
I hope it's not a verbatim report because the spelling is atrocious...