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Family members to travel to Erebus

Erebus bound at last

80 selected for Erebus flight

Eighty people who lost family members in the 1979 Erebus tragedy will travel to Antarctica on a remembrance flight this summer after their names were drawn in a ballot.

Air NZ's 'whoop whoop' questioned

A woman whose father died in the Air NZ Mt Erebus disaster has questioned the airline's use 'whoop whoop' - the last signal crew heard before the DC-10 went down - in its advertising.

Ballot opens for Erebus flight

Families who lost loved ones in NZ's worst air crash nearly 31 years ago have been asked to register for a ballot for 80 seats on a RNZAF commemorative flight to Antarctica.

Govt to fly Erebus relatives to Antarctica

The Govt will fly up to 80 relatives of the victims of the Mt Erebus crash to Antarctica, Murray McCully has announced

Memorial laid on Mt Erebus

Air NZ wants to help more relatives visit Erebus site

Erebus relatives to return without visiting site

Weather postpones Erebus crash site memorial

A memorial trip to the crash site of the 1979 Mt Erebus air disaster has been postponed tonight after strong winds prevented helicopters from landing.

Erebus families arrive in Antarctica

Family members attending the DC-10 Remembrance arrive in Antarctica.

'I was just out there with the best of intentions' - Pero

Businessman Mike Pero says he feels like he is being persecuted for trying to help the Erebus crash victims' families travel to Antarctica for January's 30 year anniversary.

Erebus trip may not go ahead - Pero

Concerns over Mike Pero's planned Erebus charter flight have forced the businessman to reconsider going ahead with the trip.

Daughter of Erebus victim: Pero's flight in 'poor taste'

The daughter of one of the Erebus disaster victims has criticised Mike Pero's charter flight to the crash site as in "poor taste".

Air NZ, PM were not against Erebus flight - Pero

Mike Pero says John Key gave him no negative feedback about his plan for a charter flight for families of Erebus victims, but the prime minister says details of the flight were not discussed.

Businessman Pero charters plane for Erebus visit

Family and friends of the victims of the Erebus disaster will now have the chance to go to Antarctica thanks to businessman Mike Pero.

Erebus crash cash revealed

The families of those who died when Air NZ Flight 901 plunged into Mt Erebus received an average pay-out of only $100,000 - and were sworn to secrecy.

Erebus - the icy questions