Accidents and Incidents
- On 17 December 1969, an Austral Líneas Aéreas C-46 Commando lost engine 1 due to fuel exhaustion shortly after takeoff. The plane failed to gain height and made a crash landing in a small sport field. Both of the 2 crew members survived without injury.
- On 11 May 1975, Vickers Viscount CX-AQO of PLUNA was damaged beyond economic repair when it departed the runway.
- On 27 January 1978, an Austral Líneas Aéreas BAC 1-11 was damaged by an oxygen tank that caught fire. Nobody was injured.
- On 7 May 1981, Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 901, a BAC 1-11, crashed on approach after a flight from Tucumán. All 31 passengers and crew were killed.
- On 31 August 1999, LAPA Flight 3142, a Boeing 737-200, crashed shortly after takeoff due to mechanical failure and pilot error. 63 of the 100 passengers and crew were killed. Two people on the ground were also killed, raising the death toll to 65.
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