The Sightseeing Flight and the Invisible Mountain
From Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Published 3/27/2026
In November 1979, Flight 901 departs New Zealand on a sightseeing journey over Antarctica, heading directly towards a volcano. When the plane vanishes, investigators are left with a mystery: how could a seasoned pilot miss a 12,000-foot peak? As they try to piece together the incident, conflicting…
