- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | October 10, 1997 |
Time: | 2223 |
Location: | Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay |
Operator: | Austral Lineas Aeras (Argentina) |
Flight #: | 2553 |
Route: | Posadas - Buenos Aires |
AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
Registration: | LV-WEG |
cn / ln: | 47446/561 |
Aboard: | 74 (passengers:69 crew:5) |
Fatalities: | 74 (passengers:69 crew:5) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft crashed near Nuevo Berlin, a town on the banks of the Uruguay River, after changing its route to avoid heavy rain and hail. A crater 25 feet deep crater was created where the plane crashed into the earth. Icing of the pitot tubes. The pitot tubes froze after the aircraft passed through 49,000 ft. giving false speed readings leading to loss of control of the aircraft. |
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