On This Day In 1999: LAPA Flight 3142 Becomes Argentina's Second-Deadliest Air Accident Ever

On August 31, 1999, exactly 23 years ago today, LAPA Flight 3142 crashed at 20:54 local time after failing to get airborne while taking off from Aeroparque Internacional Jorge Newbery (AEP) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Three crew members, 60 passengers, and two people on the ground died. This was the second-deadliest accident in Argentine aviation history following the crash of Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 in 1997, in which all 74 people onboard died.



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