In 1979, a jet carrying 257 passengers on a sightseeing tour over antarctica went missing. Air new zealand had been operating scheduled antarctic sightseeing flights between 1977 and 1979. T his brief documentary tells the strange story of operation overdue. Operation overdue is to screen this sunday in australia on sbs at 8. Within hours 11 ordinary police officers were called to duty to face the formidable mount erebus. Erebus crater, a crater on mars named after the ship. This is the compelling true story of an extraordinary police operation on antartica. Erebus operation overdue is the true story of one of the most extraordinary police operations in history. The mount erebus disaster occurred on 28 november 1979 when air new zealand flight 901 te901 flew into mount erebus on ross island, antarctica, killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board.
The aftermath, a new zealand television miniseries about the accident. Traveling to the most inhospitable place on earth to deal with one of the worlds worst air. Few of those involved in the recovery and identification of victims from the erebus disaster could have been truly prepared for the task. Portions of content provided by tivo corporation 2020 tivo corporation whats new. Into the unknown will appeal to fans of touching the void documentaries that discuss ethnographic issues and moments in history that have shaken the world in this case, particularly new zealand. Within hours, 11 ordinary new zealand police officers were called to duty. The mount erebus disaster occurred on 28 november 1979 when air new zealand flight 901. Counselling was offered to all who wanted it, and the debriefing report completed by psychiatrist alan. On the 28th november 1979 air new zealand flight te901 while on a sightseeing day flight to antarctica, impacted the slopes of mount erebus. Eleven police officers were called to duty and undertook an extraordinary operation as they came face to face with one of the worlds worst disasters. On november 28th 1979, a jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over. Set in the beautiful yet hostile environment of antarctica, this is the emotional and compelling true story of an extraordinary police operation. The new zealand police were mobilised for operation overdue and their mission was to recover as many of the victims as possible from the ice. With tama jarman, edwin wright, andrew munro, fraser brown.
Before erebus he was stationed in antarctica as the field safety leader for the nz antarctic research programme nzarp. Within opsration eleven ordinary police officers were called to duty to face the formidable mount erebus. Travelling to the most inhospitable place on earth to deal with one of the worlds worst air disasters, they were pushed to. Within hours, eleven ordinary police officers were called to duty. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. The true story of one of the most extraordinary police operations in history. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. In 1979, an air new zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over antarctica. Operation overdue, a new zealand documentary about the disaster. Operation overdue this awardwinning film is the harrowing true story of the erebus crash and the 11 kiwi cops on the recovery mission.
The new zealand police story tells the story of the police response, from body recovery on mt erebus to the exhaustive. Erebus operation overdue on 28 november 1979, an air new zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over antarctica. At any time up to 25 people, assigned to teams, took 12hour rotating shifts on duty. Within hours, 11 ordinary police officers were called to duty to deal with one of the worlds worst air disasters. On 28 november 1979, an air new zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over antarctica. Ray goldring is a mountaineering expert who was deployed to the crash site at erebus to assist the police and accident investigators throughout operation overdue.
The recovery effort of flight 901 was called operation overdue. In 1979, a jet carrying 257 passengers on a sightseeing. Prior to the operation being announced, the team were expecting to be called out after hearing the news. This film tells the story of four new zealand police officers who went to antarctica as part of the police operation to recover the victims of the. As the police recovered the victims, an investigation team tried to uncover the mystery of how a jet could fly into a mountain in broad daylight. Operation overdue began on 29 november 1979 and finished on 10 december 1979.
This film tells the story of four new zealand police officers who went to antarctica as part of the police operation to. Mount erebus disaster, a dc10 crash on the mountain in 1979 erebus. They rested in tents pitched on the side of mt erebus some 50 yards from the crash site. Watch erebus operation overdue 1 of 2 btk6znvgx36aiu2x on dailymotion. Watch erebus operation overdue 2 of 2 btk6znvgx36aiu2x on dailymotion. On november 28th 1979, a jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over antarctica. Within hours, 11 ordinary police officers were called to duty. The work was long and hard, and, unknown to the recovery team at the time, would scar them. This is the true story of the men who came face to face with one of the worlds worst aviation disasters and became part of one of the most extraordinary police operations in history. Recognition was given to the posttraumatic stress suffered by those involved in operation overdue. Tama jarman, andrew munro, niamh peren, charlotte purdy, peter burger, erebus. Operation overdue on apple itunes as download or rent it on apple itunes online. The man who turned to stone 1957 full movie download 1 comment. Soon after travelling to the coldest place on earth to deal with one of the worlds.
On november 28th 1979, an air new zealand passenger jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over antarctica. This operation was named operation overdue and was lead by inspector robert mitchell and had four noncommissioned officers and six constables from all around new zealand. New zealand documentary on the erebus disaster in 1979, a plane carrying 257 passengers on a sightseeing tour over antarctica hit mount erebus focusing on the 11 police officers who were called on to search for the wreckage. Erebus operation overdue tracey collins production. Stuart leighton edwin wright audible download audio books. Within hours, 11 ordinary police officers were called to duty, trav. Please share with nz friends living in australia as we would love our friends across the ditch to. An investigation team tried to uncover the mystery of.