Stuff reporter Michael Wright, who's behind the podcast series White Silence, talks to RNZ about the importance of Erebus. Stuff The Chief Inspector of Air Accidents, Ron Chippendale, speaks to journalists after returning from Antarctica, in December 1979. Among the grim coverage on the first day of the Erebus tragedy was a piece by an unnamed reporter who waited with families at Christchurch Airport. “The atmosphere at Christchurch Airport was sombre and tense as the clock ticked further and further past the DC10’s scheduled arrival time. “Amid background noise of whirring vacuum cleaners and piped music, Air New Zealand staff who were not busy stood about in small groups, waiting for news.

Source: Stuff April 23, 2021 17:02 UTC