White Silence
- History
- Society & Culture · Documentary
Free on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and Mac. No subscription. Once it is installed, tap this link again and the show is yours. Already have it? Open in Parasocial.
About
On November 28, 1979, an Air New Zealand jet took off from Auckland Airport on a sightseeing trip to Antarctica. There were 257 people on board. Hours later everyone was dead. Somehow, the plane had flown directly into the Erebus volcano. This was a disaster that shattered a country’s psyche. In the decades since, grief gave way to blame, anger and recrimination. Who was responsible for so many deaths? Was there a cover-up? How could a plane just fly into a mountain? To mark the 40th anniversary of the disaster, Michael Wright and Katy Gosset explore why New Zealand’s deadliest disaster was...
Also on
Recent episodes
- Quarantine Nation trailer
- Introducing: The Trial - Philip Polkinghorne
- Introducing The Commune: Sex, drugs – and a guru called Bert
- Introducing: Collapse
- Episode Eight - The Apology
- Episode Eight - The Apology
- Episode Seven - Playing Through
- Episode Seven - Playing Through
- Episode Six - White Silence
- Episode Six - White Silence