Erebus: Operation Overdue
– On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing to..
On 28 November 1979, an Air New Zealand jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over Antarctica. Within hours 11 ordinary police officers were called to duty to face the formidable Mount Erebus. 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. Did the airline have a secret it wanted to bury? 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 crash. Set in the beautiful yet hostile environment of Antarctica, this is the emotional and compelling true story of an extraordinary police operation.
English
Charlotte Purdy
Tama Jarman, Edwin Wright, Fraser Brown, Campbell Cooley
This is the true story of the men who came face to face with one of the world's worst aviation disasters and became part of one of the most extraordinary police operations in history. On November 28th 1979, a jet with 257 passengers went missing during a sightseeing tour over Antarctica. Within hours eleven ordinary police officers were called to duty to face the formidable Mount Erebus. But 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, did the airline have a secret they tried to bury?
2 wins & 1 nomination.