Air disaster

Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 322

23 Nov 1961 · 23.02° S, 47.11° W

Open on the map

What the records say

When
23 Nov 1961
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
23.02° S, 47.11° W
Description
aviation accident
Deaths
52
Injured
0
Cause
controlled flight into terrain

Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 322

1961 aviation accident

Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 322 was a scheduled Buenos Aires–São Paulo–Port of Spain–New York City international passenger service, operated with a Comet 4, registration LV-AHR, that crashed during climbout on the early stages of its second leg, when it collided with tree tops shortly after takeoff from Viracopos-Campinas International Airport on 23 November 1961.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article

The source

Nearby in time and place