Investigation reveals the cause of a fatal aircraft crash, Whitney Houston's record-breaking hit, the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II, and notable events including the death of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and Ferdinand Magellan's voyage into the Pacific Ocean.
Investigators concluded that there was no mechanical failure of the aircraft and it was not caught in a polar storm; rather, it crashed into a mountain at 460 meters. Upon examining the cockpit voice recorder, they heard the flight engineer say 'I don't like this' about 30 seconds before the crash. The disaster had a profound impact on New Zealand, a country with a population of three million at the time.
An initial royal commission determined pilot error as the cause, while a subsequent investigation blamed Air New Zealand. Meanwhile, American singer Whitney Houston's song 'I Will Always Love You' from The Bodyguard soundtrack began a 14-week run at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, breaking records and selling over 24 million copies worldwide. It is the best-selling single by a female solo artist. Following Germany's defeat in World War I, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated and went into exile in the Netherlands. This happened as casualties increased and food shortages worsened among Germans. Notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was beaten to death in prison by a fellow inmate on November 28, 1994, while Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan became the first European to sail in the Pacific Ocean on November 28, 1520, having navigated through the strait that now bears his name at the southern tip of South America
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