Aeronor-Chile was a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an airline company. The airline was owned by another enterprise, named Copesa, which also owns the Chilean newspaper,

La Tercera ''La Tercera'' ( es, The Third One), formerly known as ''La Tercera de la Hora'' ('the third of the hour'), is a daily newspaper published in Santiago, Chile and owned by Copesa. It is ''El Mercurio''s closest competitor. ''La Tercera'' is part o ...

Fleet

*Fairchild F-27A

Accidents and incidents

*An Aeronor Fairchild F-27A on a domestic cargo flight attempted to take off from

Iquique Cavancha airport Iquique () is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert. It has a population of 191 ...

Iquique, Chile Iquique () is a port city and commune in northern Chile, capital of both the Iquique Province and Tarapacá Region. It lies on the Pacific coast, west of the Pampa del Tamarugal, which is part of the Atacama Desert. It has a population of 191,46 ...

on April 20, 1979, but had to return for an emergency landing. The plane landed on its belly. None of its four occupants were reported injured. *

Aeronor Flight 304 Aeronor Flight 304 was a Chilean domestic flight between the cities of Santiago and Antofagasta with two intermediate stops. On December 9, 1982, the Fairchild F-27 operating the flight crashed near La Florida Airport, in the Chilean city of La ...

was flying from Santiago to Antofagasta with an intermediate stop at La Serena's airport on December 9, 1982, but instead of landing at La Serena, the

Fairchild F-27 The Fairchild F-27 and Fairchild Hiller FH-227 were versions of the Fokker F27 Friendship twin-engined turboprop passenger aircraft manufactured under license by Fairchild Hiller in the United States. The Fairchild F-27 was similar to the standa ...

A crashed nearby after an engine fire, killing all 46 occupants on board, including well known reporter

Silvia Pinto Silvia Emiliana Pinto Torres (31 May 1937 – 9 December 1982) was a Chilean journalist and politician. She was the daughter of Óscar Pinto López and Matilde Torres Puerta de Vera, and was married to journalist Daniel Galleguillos, with whom she ...

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