- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 08, 1957
Time: 1645
Location: Bolivar, Argentina
Operator: Aerolineas Argentinas
Flight #: ?
Route: Buenos Aires - San Carlos
AC Type: Douglas DC-4
Registration: LV-AHZ
cn / ln: 27227
Aboard: 61   (passengers:55  crew:6)
Fatalities: 61   (passengers:55  crew:6)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane crashed during a storm. Left wing detached in extreme turbulence. The pilot descending on a track well below the minimum safety flight altitude established for this type of operation. The absence in the flight plan of a forecast showing the intensity of the meteorological phenomena encountered. Inadequate operational dispatch of the aircraft.
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