- | 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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