Events tagged with "mar del plata"

Historical Events tagged with "mar del plata"

Turns out history loves a label—battles, breakthroughs, and the occasional disaster, all neatly tagged for your browsing pleasure. Because sometimes you just need every weird invention in one place.

Accidents & Tragedies

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205 crashes

January 16th, 1959 66 years ago

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205 was a domestic passenger flight from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Astor Piazzolla International Airport. On this flight, 51 people lost their lives when the aircraft, a Douglas DC-3, encountered difficulties shortly before landing, leading to its tragic end in the sea.