ʻEkolu mau makahiki i hala aku nei i kēia pule, ua nui ka waimaka o New Zealand.
Ua loaʻa ka ʻāina i kāna pōʻino ʻino loa i ka wā ma Nowemapa 28, 1979, kahi mokulele Air New Zealand ma kahi lele mākaʻikaʻi ma luna o Antarctica i paʻi i ka mauna ʻo Erebus, a make nā 257 a pau ma luna o ka moku.
Ua palau ka DC10 i nā pali i uhi ʻia i ka hau ma nā kūlana keʻokeʻo i ʻike ʻole ʻia ka mauna 3,600m.
ʻO ka ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mokulele ma luna o ka mokulele ʻAmelika i iho i lalo ma Bakers Creek, Queensland akau i Iune 1943, a make he 40 mau koa.
A hāʻawi ʻia i ka heluna kanaka 1970 o New Zealand he ʻekolu miliona wale nō, ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha ua ʻike ka poʻe a pau i ka mea ma ka mokulele ʻo Erebus, a i ʻole ʻike paha i kekahi i ʻike i kekahi ma luna o ka mokulele hoʻopaʻi.
ʻElua haneli Kiwi, 24 Kepanī, 22 ʻAmelika, ʻeono Pelekane, ʻelua Kanada, hoʻokahi Australian, hoʻokahi Palani a me hoʻokahi Swiss i make.
ʻO ke kaumaha nui o ka lāhui, akā, ua hoʻololi koke ʻia ke kaumaha nui me ka huhū ʻinoʻino, ʻoiai ʻo ka mokuahi mokuahi o ka ʻāina e ʻakaʻaka i kāna hana ʻana me ka poʻe pōʻino a me ka lehulehu.
ʻAʻohe ʻōlelo aʻo i hāʻawi ʻia a ua wikiwiki ʻo Air New Zealand i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i kāna pailaka ʻo Jim Collins a me kāna poʻe holo moku ʻoiai ua hōʻike koke ʻia ʻaʻole lākou i hewa.
Akā, ua hōʻike ʻia ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia kahi hoʻolālā lele hou i ka mea hoʻokele, e waiho ana i ka mokulele ma kahi papa kuʻi me Erebus.
Ua hāʻule hou ka mokulele i ka ʻāina me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o nā uku uku i nā ʻohana a me nā hōʻole pau ʻole, e like me ka mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia e kekahi hōʻike, he "hoʻolālā hoʻopunipuni i koho mua ʻia".
Akā ma hope o 30 mau makahiki o ka ʻeha, ua hoʻomaka ka ʻāina e hoʻoponopono i kona mau ʻeha Erebus ma muli o ke kala ʻana mai ka mokulele i manaʻo ʻia ua lohi loa.
Ma kahi hui ʻOkakopa ma Auckland, ua ʻae ka luna o ka hui ʻo Rob Fyfe ua hana hewa ka mea lawe.
“ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻohuli i ka uaki i hope. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻopau i ka mea i hana ʻia, akā i koʻu nānā ʻana i mua, makemake wau e hana i ka ʻanuʻu aʻe o kā mākou huakaʻi ma ka ʻōlelo kala ʻana.
"E kala mai i ka poʻe a pau ... ʻaʻole i loaʻa ke kākoʻo a me ke aloha iā lākou mai Air New Zealand."
He hana nui ia i mua o ka lāhui, ʻaʻole i ʻae i kahi lele mākaʻikaʻi hoʻokahi i Antarctica mai New Zealand mai ka pōʻino.
Akā, aia nō ka ho'ōla hou ʻana ma nā ʻanuʻu pēpē.
ʻO ka neʻe wiwo ʻole o kahi ʻoihana ʻo Christchurch e hoʻolimalima i kahi mokulele Qantas a kūʻai aku i nā tiketi i ka poʻe e makemake ana e kipa iā Erebus a puni ka lā hoʻomanaʻo, ua hālāwai ʻia me ka hoʻohewa koʻikoʻi.
"He mea kupanaha ka ʻōlelo ʻana akā ke manaʻo nei au ua hikiwawe loa ia," wahi a kekahi wahine i nalowale i kona makuahine i ka ulia.
