However, because of a typing error in the coordinates when the route was computerised, the printout from Air New Zealand's ground computer system presented at the 9 November briefing corresponded to a southerly flight path down the middle of the wide McMurdo Sound, approximately 27 miles (43 km) to the west of Mount Erebus.
Porén, debido a un erro de escritura nas coordenadas cando a ruta foi computerizada, a copia impresa do sistema informático terrestre de Air New Zealand presentada na reunión do 9 de novembro correspondía a un curso de voo cara ao sur pola metade do amplo estreito de McMurdo, a uns 43 km ao oeste do monte Erebus.