Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553

1997 aviation accident

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 was an Argentine domestic scheduled passenger flight from Posadas to Buenos Aires. On October 10, 1997, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 that was operating the flight crashed on the lands of Estancia Magallanes, Nuevo Berlín, 32 kilometres away…