- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: August 27, 1959
Time: ?
Location: Near Asuncion, Paraguay
Operator: Aerolineas Argentinas
Flight #: ?
Route: Buenos Aires - Asunción
AC Type: de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4
Registration: LV-AHP
cn / ln: 6411
Aboard: 50   (passengers:44  crew:6)
Fatalities: 2   (passengers:1  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: The aircraft descended below MDA and crashed 5 miles short of the runway while on approach to Asuncion. The crew led the aircraft pass below the glide in marginal weather conditions and continued the approach at an insufficient altitude, against published procedures.
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