![]() ![]() Where I do think the film could have gone a bit further was with the final section of the evidence and court battles. The support for the clear-up team was non-existent and that has left a lasting effect on all of them. It also highlights how times have changed since 1979 in terms of how we view and deal with mental health. These policeman and other crews had nothing to help them but their grit and determination to see the ordeal through and I think sometimes we forget that. It also continues to give me an even larger appreciation for those who come to our aid in a real-life disaster too. They are also incredibly humble with it, in particular, Greg Gilpin who then by chance spotted a documentary later on and was able to provide evidence on what was found in the wreckage. ![]() Some of the best understanding you can get from disasters is hearing from the witnesses or survivors themselves and you can see the pain etched into their eyes. That gives the film an excellent narrative, an elevated level of authenticity and also feels respectful when dealing with sensitive issues. Erebus Operation Overdue takes a bigger budget production, removes the narration and lets the humans who dealt with the disaster talk you through what happened. Sadly that programme, along with Seconds Before Disaster has about as much tact, empathy and respect to an incident as my appetite for cake does to my waistline. The sparse use of real photography is chilling but important Why is it worth watching?įor me, this movie feels like an extended larger budget version of an Air Crash Investigation episode, which this crash has actually been on. We follow the cleanup, the toll it takes on the crew involved and the ongoing courtroom saga around the cause of the crash. As the director Charlotte Purdy says in the DVD extra features, frankly there is no need for additional drama as Air New Zealand still refuse to exonerate the pilots. The movie interweaves the three elements to tell the story in a matter of fact way without any dramatisation. ![]() For the crash investigator, he will be struggling to get around the CEO of Air New Zealand who is not very forthcoming in support. For the policemen plucked from the street to go to the mountain, they’ll need to prepare for the conditions. ![]() It mainly focuses on the plights of five men involved in the clear-up operation following the remarkable plane crash that took the lives of 257 passengers and crew. The storyĮrebus Operation Overdue is a mixture of present-day interviews, real-life footage from 1979 and modern-day reenactment. The air crash itself and the logistical nightmare that follows for the recovery team both mentally and physically. Just how do you even begin to cope with the scale of something so big in somewhere so inhospitable? The cleanup crew prepare for the worst The disasters faced With everyone in New Zealand in mourning, eleven regular police officers were sent to the Antartica to recover the remains of the passengers. One of the most controversial air disasters of all time and the fourth largest air disaster at the time, when an Air New Zealand passenger jet crashes into Mt Erebus in 1979 it sent shockwaves around the world. ![]()
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