TY - BOOK AU - King, John TI - Aviation accidents & disasters T2 - New Zealand tragedies SN - 1869340426 AV - TL553.5 .K55 1995 U1 - 363.1241 20 PY - 1995/// CY - Wellington, N.Z. PB - Grantham House KW - Aircraft accidents KW - New Zealand KW - History KW - Erebus Disaster N1 - Includes bibliographical references (page 283) and index; Under instruments -- Meteorology -- Safety -- Lost without trace -- Nearly airborne -- Too close to the ground -- Wire strike -- Into the water -- Mechanical misadventure -- Altogether too close -- Helicopter -- Nobody in charge -- Safety trends N2 - Describes and analyses the aviation accidents and disasters that have claimed hundreds of lives since 1899. Includes a detailed examination of the Erebus disaster and the Royal Commission of Inquiry that followed. Contains 270 photographs and illustrations ER -