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At 29, Posadas Recalls the Tragedy of Austral Flight 2553

Summary by MisionesOnline
Austral Flight 2553 took off from Posadas to Buenos Aires on October 10, 1997. An hour later, the aircraft fell into Uruguayan territory and there were no survivors. Nearly three decades later, the tragedy remains in the collective memory of Misiones.
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The flight had to end in Aeroparque. But that night of October 10, 1997, the journey between Posadas and Buenos Aires was interrupted in a camp in the Uruguayan department of Río Negro, near New Berlin and Fray Bentos. 74 people who were traveling on the plane of Austral died: 69 passengers and [...] The entry 29 years after the tragedy of Fray Bentos: the images of FIRST EDITION that preserve the memory and the pain of the accident was first pu…

Austral Flight 2553 took off from Posadas to Buenos Aires on October 10, 1997. An hour later, the aircraft fell into Uruguayan territory and there were no survivors. Nearly three decades later, the tragedy remains in the collective memory of Misiones.

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MisionesOnline broke the news on Saturday, October 10, 2026.
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