Makumi matatu apfuura svondo rino, New Zealand yaive misodzi yakawanda.

Nyika yakatambura dambudziko rayo remhepo rakaipisisa apo, pana Mbudzi 28, 1979, ndege yeAir New Zealand iri murwendo rwekuona nzvimbo pamusoro peAntarctica yakarovera muMount Erebus, ikauraya vose 257 vaivamo.

Iyo DC10 yakarima munzvimbo dzakafukidzwa nesinou munzvimbo dzakachena dzakaita kuti kunyange gomo re3,600m risaonekwe.

Zvine hungwaru, yaive mitsetse yakati wandei pamusoro pekuparara kwemhepo kwakaipisisa muAustralia, ndege yeUS yakaburukira kuBakers Creek, kuchamhembe kweQueensland muna Chikumi 1943, ikauraya varwi makumi mana.

Uye nekupihwa huwandu hweNew Zealand's 1970s huwandu hwemamiriyoni matatu chete, hazvishamise kuti munhu wese aiziva mumwe munhu aive mundege yeErebus, kana kuti aiziva mumwe munhu aiziva mumwe munhu pajeti yakaparara.

Mazana maviri eKiwis, makumi maviri nemana ekuJapan, makumi maviri nevaviri vekuAmerica, vatanhatu vekuBritain, vaviri vekuCanada, mumwe wekuAustralia, mumwe wechiFrench uye mumwe weSwitzerland akafa.

Kuchema kwenyika kwaityisa asi kusuruvara kwakanyanya kwakakurumidza kutsiviwa nehasha dzakapisa sezvo mutakuri wenyika akazeya-bata mukubata kwayo nevakakuvadzwa uye veruzhinji.

Hapana kurairwa kwakapihwa uye Air New Zealand yakakurumidza kupa mhosva mutyairi wayo Jim Collins nevashandi vake kunyangwe zvakakurumidza kuburitswa kuti vaive vasina mhosva.

Pane kudaro, zvakaratidzwa kuti hurongwa hwekufamba nendege hwakagadziridzwa hwakanga husina kupfuudzwa kumutyairi wendege, ichisiya ndege iri munzira yekudhumhana neErebus.

Ndege yakawedzera kutadza nyika nemari yakaderera yakaderera yakavanzika kumhuri uye kuramba kusingaperi uko, sekupomerwa kwemumwe mushumo, yaive ne "chirongwa chakafanotemerwa chekunyengera".

Asi mushure memakore makumi matatu ekurwadzwa, nyika yakazotanga kugadzirisa maronda eErebus nekuda kwekukumbira ruregerero kubva kundege vazhinji vaifunga kuti yakanonoka.

Pamutambo waGumiguru muAuckland, mukuru wekambani Rob Fyfe akabvuma kuti mutakuri wacho akange akanganisa.

“Handikwanise kudzorera wachi kumashure. Handikwanise kugadzirisa zvaitwa, asi sezvandiri kutarisira ndinoda kutora danho rinotevera parwendo rwedu ndichiti sorry.

"Ndine hurombo kune vese avo ... vasina kuwana rutsigiro netsitsi dzavanofanira kuwana kubva kuAir New Zealand."

Yakanga iri nhanho hombe kumberi kurudzi, iyo isina kubvumidza imwe ndege yevashanyi kuenda kuAntarctica kubva kuNew Zealand kubva pakaitika njodzi.

Asi kupora kuchiri mumatanho emwana.

Kushinga kwemuzvinabhizimusi weChristchurch kuhaya ndege yeQantas uye kutengesa matikiti kune avo vari kuda kushanyira Erebus panguva yekurangarira kwasangana nekushoropodzwa kwakasimba.

“Kunoratidzika kuva kunoshamisa kutaura asi ndinofunga kuti kuchiri nokukurumidza zvikuru,” akadaro mumwe mukadzi akafirwa naamai vake mutsaona yacho.