By: Jeanske_SN - 29th March 2004 at 10:56
Well duhh, of course not, but some people have some excess money or have other interests for example cold areas and want to see this. I hope you know we’re talking about flying over the southpole/ antarctica, not landing there. I don’t think there’s any runway there that can handle a jet.
By: Airline owner - 29th March 2004 at 08:29
Do you reckon thet the south pole will become a proper tourist destination:confused:
By: Bmused55 - 29th March 2004 at 08:05
Originally posted by Non-Stop
Tragic loss.
I remember watching a documentary about that crash on A&E.
Do you remember what the cause was, mechanical or human error, or both ? ?
Human error.
The flight plan was altered on the onboard computers, and no one saw fit to notify the flight crew.
This new flightplan, although a slight change took them on a collision course with the mountain.
They were flying low, in fog and didn’t see it coming.
The pilots noticed the error in the flight plane just a few seconds too late, the FE being quoted a few seconds before impact saying: “I don’t like this”
RIP
By: Hand87_5 - 29th March 2004 at 07:50
Isn’t Antartica a protected area now?
Is it still possible to fly over this continent?
By: frankvw - 29th March 2004 at 07:40
Whiteout conditions
By: Non-Stop - 29th March 2004 at 04:03
Originally posted by steve rowell
Air New Zealand used to do them too, until they lost DC-10-30 ZK-NZP in November 1979 after it crashed into Mt Erebus with the loss of all on board
Tragic loss.
I remember watching a documentary about that crash on A&E.
Do you remember what the cause was, mechanical or human error, or both ? ?
By: steve rowell - 22nd March 2004 at 07:56
Air New Zealand used to do them too, until they lost DC-10-30 ZK-NZP in November 1979 after it crashed into Mt Erebus with the loss of all on board
By: KabirT - 18th November 2002 at 15:47
RE: Crossing the south pole?
Remember Antarctica is huge…..plus i have heard aircrafts dont fly over it because magnetic fields there are very strong and mess with avionics.
By: Bhoy - 18th November 2002 at 13:04
RE: Crossing the south pole?
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 18-11-02 AT 01:23 PM (GMT)]I don’t think so… it’s still faster to go transpacific from Oz to Argentina…
Although…
Qantas do run sightseeing trips over the Antarctic, once a week during the summer. The South Pole even has a theoretical IATA code so it can be booked as a roundtrip through the reservations system… I just can’t remember it offhand… 🙁
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