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| Date: | Sunday 15 January 1928 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Latécoère 25-2R |
| Owner/operator: | Aéropostale |
| Registration: | F-AIKG |
| MSN: | 633 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Abra de Puntas de Aguas Blancas, Mataojos de Solís -
 Uruguay
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Porto Alegre |
| Buenos Aires | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed to the ground after its wings were torn off by a summer storm. Pilot Hervé Santelli and mechanic Georges Ulises Frances. *Names also reported as Antonio Santelli (30) and José Ulises (28).
Sources:
https://www.ab-ix.co.uk/pdfs/f-aaaa.pdf
*Santa Fe 17 January 1928, p1
** https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/bpt6k52722793/f4.item.zoom
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_F-4.html
https://historiadetrasdelafoto.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/la-primer-caida-desde-el-cielo/
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Mar-2012 11:08 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Mar-2012 11:10 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
| 26-Jan-2018 13:45 | Sergey L. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, ] |
| 26-Mar-2019 20:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Mar-2019 20:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 16-Nov-2019 13:12 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Dec-2019 18:56 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Jun-2020 15:38 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 07-Mar-2021 14:47 | Cobar | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 07-Mar-2021 14:48 | Cobar | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
| 12-May-2025 18:27 | gwydd | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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