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Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found until 1998.
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1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident
Fatal aviation accident
On 2 August 1947, Star Dust, a British South American Airways (BSAA) Avro Lancastrian airliner on a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes. An extensive search operation failed to locate the wreckage, despite…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
British South American Airways
Defunct state-run airline in the United Kingdom (1944–1950)
British South American Airways (BSAA) was a state-run airline of the United Kingdom in the mid-to-late 1940s responsible for services to the Caribbean and South America. Originally named British Latin American Air Lines, it was renamed before services started in 1946. BSAA…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tupungato
Mountain in Argentina
Tupungato, one of the highest mountains in the Americas, is a massive Andean lava dome dating to Pleistocene times. It lies on the Argentina–Chile border, between the Chilean Metropolitan Region and the Argentine province of Mendoza, about 100 km (60 mi) south of Aconcagua, the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Andes
Mountain range in South America
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is 8,900 km (5,500 mi) long and 200 to 700 km wide and has an average height of about…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)