Buenos Aires - Montevideo

On January 15, 1928 at 10:00 AM, Buenos Aires - Montevideo experienced a crash involving Latécoère 25, operated by L'Aéropostale, with the event recorded near Montevideo Montevideo City District.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was performing a mail flight from South America to France. On the leg from Buenos Aires to Montevideo, while overflying the Rio de la Plata and descending to Montevideo, the single engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in the sea. Both crew members were killed and the aircraft was destroyed. Crew: Hervé Santelli, pilot, Georges Frances, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-AIKG, MSN 633, year of manufacture 1927.