What the records say
- When
- 9 Dec 2019
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 58.58° S, 65.90° W
- Description
- 2019 disappearance of Chilean Air Force C-130
- Deaths
- 38
- Injured
- 0
2019 Chilean Air Force C-130 crash
Aircraft accident in the Drake Passage
On 9 December 2019, a Chilean Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft crashed in the Drake Passage while en route to Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva, a Chilean military base on King George Island in Antarctica. The crash site was located on 12 December 2019 after a three-day search, and no survivors were found.
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