Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553

When

10 Oct 1997

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

33.02° S, 57.82° W

Description

Fatal aviation incident in 1997

Deaths

74

Injured

0

1997 aviation accident in Uruguay

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 was an Argentine domestic scheduled passenger flight from Posadas to Buenos Aires. On October 10, 1997, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 that was operating the flight crashed on the lands of Estancia Magallanes, Nuevo Berlín, 32 kilometres away from Fray Bentos, Uruguay. All 74 passengers and crew died upon impact. The accident remains the deadliest in Uruguayan history.

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