ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 136700
Last updated: 9 July 2020
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| Date: | 09-JAN-1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Lockheed 12B Electra Junior |
| Owner/operator: | Ejército Argentino |
| Registration: | 161 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Itacumbú River -
 Uruguay
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Paso de Los Libres, Corrientes |
| El Palomar, Buenos Aires |
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.
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
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] |
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