ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136700
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| Date: | Sunday 9 January 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed 12B Electra Junior |
| Owner/operator: | Ejército Argentino |
| Registration: | 161 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Itacumbú River -
 Uruguay
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Paso de Los Libres, Corrientes |
| El Palomar, Buenos Aires | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed near the flooded Itacumbú River in northwestern Uruguay ; Eduardo Justo (27), son of Argentine President Agustín P. Justo, one colonel, tree lieutenant colonels, one lieutenant de navio, one major, one sargento and one sargento radio operator died. They were on the return flight from the induction of an international bridge between Paso de Los Libres and Uruguayana on 8.1.1938.
Press reports bad weather as probable cause.
Sources:
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/18014/
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/18371/?page=2
http://www.asociacionatta.com.ar/aviones/avion05.htm
Folha da Noite 10 January 1938, p25
Interavia, Jan 1938
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jun-2011 15:21 | TB | Added |
| 23-Feb-2012 04:28 | Gwydd | Updated [Source] |
| 03-Jul-2015 17:53 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 03-Jul-2015 18:05 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Aug-2016 17:10 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2024 07:25 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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