Air New Zealand famously offered Antarctic sight-seeing flights in the late 70s. All stopped in 1979 when one of the planes crashed into Mount Erebus on Ross Is

Air New Zealand famously offered Antarctic sight-seeing flights in the late 70s. All stopped in 1979 when one of the planes crashed into Mount Erebus on Ross Island, killing all 257 people on board. I guess modern airliners make it safer but I was surprised to see them running today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus_disaster