- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: May 18, 2011
Time: 2053
Location: Near Prahuaniyeu, Argentina
Operator: SOL Lineas Aereas
Flight #: 5428
Route: Neuquen - Comodoro Rivadavia
AC Type: Saab 340A
Registration: LV-CEJ
cn / ln: 25
Aboard: 22   (passengers:19  crew:3)
Fatalities: 22   (passengers:19  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The domestic scheduled passenger flight crashed 12.5 miles north of Prahuaniyeu while en route, after transmitting a distress call. All 19 passengers and crew of three aboard were killed. Inadequate flight planning. Inadequate operational decision making on the part of the pilot. Loss of situational awareness from the flight crew.
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