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“Bloodbath” has been the recent headline, but trans Tasman routes have always bordered on marginal at best for over 20 years. (Andrew McLaughlin)
Tasman bloodbath?
AUTHOR: Geoffrey Thomas
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The Tasman Sea has always been a battle ground for airlines.
In April 1940, when the inaugural weekly Auckland- Sydney flight in a Short S. 30 flying boat took off with 10 passengers and 41,000 pieces of mail for the 10 hour flight, the problem was battling the weather.
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