Buenos Aires – Rosario – Corrientes – Formosa – Asunción

On December 31, 1957 at 12:57 PM, Buenos Aires – Rosario – Corrientes – Formosa – Asunción experienced a crash involving Short S.25 Sandringham, operated by Aerolineas Argentinas, with the event recorded near Buenos Aires Buenos Aires City.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

50 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 41 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 18.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 44, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The seaplane left Buenos Aires harbor at 1152LT bound for Asunción with intermediate stops at Rosario, Corrientes and Formosa. Few minutes after takeoff, the captain encountered oscillations and difficulties to control the airplane so he decided to return to Buenos Aires for a safe landing. Unfortunately, it was not possible to land immediately because of the presence of ship in the channel. Following several circuits, the pilot-in-command attempted to land when the airplane crashed into the sea few hundred yards off shore. A crew member and eight passengers were killed while 41 other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration LV-AAR, MSN SH.03C, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -34.6048°, -58.3727°.