Airplane Crash - Bolivar, Argentina 12/08/1957
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Bolivar, Argentina
| Date | 12/08/1957 |
| Time | 16:45 |
| Location | Bolivar, Argentina |
| Operator | Aerolineas Argentinas |
| Route | Buenos Aires - San Carlos |
| Type | Douglas DC-4 |
| Registration | LV-AHZ |
| Cn/In | 27227 |
| Aboard | 61 |
| Fatalities | 61 |
| 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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