Aerolíneas Argentinas Aerolíneas Argentinas, formally Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A., is Argentina's largest airline and the country flag carrier. The airline was created in 1949 from the merger of four companies and started operations in . A consortium led by Iberia ...

was established by the

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in . Shortly after the carrier started revenue flights in it experienced its first deadly accident, when a

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crashed en route to

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from Mar del Plata, killing 17 of the 18 occupants. Following is a list of accidents and incidents experienced by Aerolíneas Argentinas. According to the

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, there have been 12 deadly accidents, totalling 335 fatalities. The deadliest accident occurred in 1961, with a death toll of 67. The latest accident involving fatalities took place in 1970. The company ranks among the safest airlines in the world. Aerolíneas Argentinas has

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28 aircraft; nine Douglas C-47As, four

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s, three Comet 4s, two

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s, two

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s, two

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s, two

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s, one Boeing 707, one

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, one

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, and one

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List

}). The aircraft was diverted and forced to land at the Stanley

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. Members of the Royal Marines as well as civilians were taken as hostages. The hijackers

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ed to a

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the next day, were sent back to Argentina, and imprisoned. , align=center, , - , align=center, , Bahía Blanca , align=center, HS-748 Srs. 1 , align=center, LV-IEV , align=center, W/O , align=center, /39 , Touched down off the runway in bad visibility at Comandante Espora Airport. , align=center, , - , align=center, , , align=center, HS-748 Srs. 1 , align=center, LV-HHI , align=center, W/O , align=center, /28 , Ended up in a paddock when it landed short of the runway threshold at Santa Rosa Airport. , align=center, , - , align=center, , Loma Alta , align=center, HS-748 Srs. 1 , align=center, LV-HGW , align=center, W/O , align=center, /37 , The aircraft was operating a scheduled Asunción– Formosa–

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– Rosario– Buenos Aires-Aeroparque passenger service as Flight 707 when it crashed into the ground near Loma Alta, Chaco, while on its third leg, after the pilots lost control of the aircraft during severe turbulence due to a

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. , align=center, , - , align=center, , , align=center, HS-748 Srs. 1 , align=center, LV-HHH , align=center, W/O , align=center, , , align=center, , - , align=center, , Concordia , align=center, F28-1000 , align=center, LV-LOB , align=center, W/O , align=center, /60 , Hit trees on approach to

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inbound from Buenos Aires, short of the runway. The crew managed to land the aircraft safely, but the nose gear and the fuselage resulted damaged beyond economical repair. , align=center, , - , align=center, , Buenos Aires , align=center,

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, align=center, LV-JGR , align=center, W/O , align=center, /5 , Overran the runway on landing in poor weather at Ezeiza Airport. The aircraft was completing a São Paulo–Buenos Aires freighter service. , align=center, , - , align=center, ,

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, align=center, LV-LIU , align=center, W/O , align=center, /62 , Flight 648 was a domestic scheduled Buenos Aires–Bahía Blanca–Río Grande–Ushuaia passenger service that landed at the final destination airport with excessive speed, veered off the runway, slid down a slope for , and came into rest in shallow waters. , align=center, , - , align=center, ,

Villa Gesell Villa Gesell is a seaside resort city in Villa Gesell Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It was founded in 1931, with the intention of turning a dune field into a timber plantation.

, align=center, F28-4000 , align=center, LV-MZD , align=center, W/O , align=center, /90 , Destroyed by fire following a runway overrun after an over fast touchdown. The aircraft was completing a scheduled Buenos Aires to Villa Gesell passenger service. , align=center, , - , align=center, ,

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, align=center, Boeing 747-200B , , align=center, None , align=center, /356 , Shrimp contaminated with cholera was distributed on Flight 386, which was bound to Los Angeles from Buenos Aires via

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. One of the passengers died from the illness. , align=center, , - , align=center, , , align=center, , align=center, LV-JNE , align=center, W/O , align=center, /113 , Overran the runway when it aborted takeoff following the burst of a tyre at the San Luis Airport, catching fire. Due to operate a scheduled San Luis–Buenos Aires passenger service as Flight 8524. , align=center, , - , align=center, , Buenos Aires , align=center,

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fire at

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