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LAPA Flight 3142
LV-WRZ, the aircraft involved in the accident, at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, seen in May 1999, three months prior to the crash.
Accident
Date
31 August 1999
Summary
Runway overrun due to incorrect flap configuration
Site
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, Buenos Aires, Argentina 34°34′1″S58°24′7″W / 34.56694°S 58.40194°W / -34.56694; -58.40194
Total fatalities
65
Total injuries
34
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 737-204C
Operator
Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas (LAPA)
IATA flight No.
MJ3142
ICAO flight No.
LPA3142
Call sign
LAPA 3142
Registration
LV-WRZ
Flight origin
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Destination
Ingeniero Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport, Córdoba, Argentina
Occupants
100
Passengers
95
Crew
5
Fatalities
63
Injuries
31
Survivors
37
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities
2
Ground injuries
3
LAPA Flight 3142 was a scheduled Buenos Aires–Córdoba flight operated by the Argentine airline Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas.[1] On 31 August 1999 a Boeing 737[1] crashed while attempting to take off from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery airport. The crash resulted in 65 fatalities — 63 occupants of the aircraft and two on the ground — as well as injuries, some serious, to at least a further 34 people.[2] It remains, as of 2022, the second deadliest aviation incident to occur in Argentina, behind Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644 38 years prior.[3]
^ abAccident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 25 May 2011.
^Cite error: The named reference Cómo fue la tragedia del vuelo 3142 a Córdoba was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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