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Jets
Jets‘Near-Whiteout Conditions’
Boeing 757-200. No damage. No injuries.
The departure for the nearly five-hour flight from Christchurch, New Zealand, to Pegasus Field, Antarctica, the morning of Oct. 7, 2013, was delayed while the Royal New Zealand Air Force flight crew gathered more information about the forecast weather conditions at the destination.
After receiving an updated report confirming that current and forecast weather conditions met their launch criteria, the flight crew departed from Christchurch at…
