Wellington, Nov 30 NZPA - Air New Zealand says it will discuss with the Government and Antarctica New Zealand whether more relatives of the Mt Erebus crash victims can travel to the accident scene.

Auckland, Nov 28 NZPA - A prayer will be said and a period of silence observed at Scott Base around 12.50pm today to mark the moment 30 years ago when an Air New Zealand plane crashed in Antarctica.

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