257 : On November 28 , 1979 , Air New Zealand Flight 901 , an Antarctic sightseeing flight , collided with Mount Erebus on Ross Island , Antarctica , killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board . The flight crew had not been informed that the computer coordinates for the flight path of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 had been changed the night before , directing the flight directly into Mount Erebus rather than the usual path down McMurdo Sound
Air New Zealand Flight 901
Air New Zealand Flight 901
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