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Sol Linéas Aéreas Exits Runway with Propellor, Wing Damage
What: Sol Linéas Aéreas Saab 340A en route from Mendoza to Neuquén to Comodoro Rivadavia. Where: El Plumerillo airport, Mendoza Argentina When: Jan 2, 2013 Who: 33 aboard, 30 passengers, 3 crew, no fatalities Why: On takeoff, the Sol Linéas Aéreas flight exited the runway with a jammed wheel. A wing touched the ground... »
Oil Leak Leads to Engine Shut Down, Emergency Landing Argentina
What: Sol Lineas Aereas Saab 340A en route from Rosario,SF to Buenos Aires, Argentina Where: Rosario When: Nov 2nd 2011 Who: 30 passengers and 3 crew Why: On takeoff from Rosario, the left engine had to be shut down. The engine had developed an oil leak through a conduit washer which had to be... »
Coming Soon: Step by Step Reconstruction of Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428
In a Saab 340 simulation, two pilots are attempting to reconstruct how the pilots managed on May 18 in the Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 crash in Prahuaniyeu, 16 miles south-west of the town of Los Menucos, Río Negro, Argentina, crash that killed 22. The information sources were the black boxes, (flight data recorder... »
Contention Grows over Cause of May 2011 Sol Tragedy
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Alberto U. What: Sol Linaeas Aereas Saab 340A Where: 20 km (12.5 mls) N of Prahuaniyeu, RN Argentina When: May 18, 2011 Who: 3 crew, 19 passengers Why: Was it wing icing, a failure of the inlet deicing system or pilot error which caused... »
May 2011 Saab Crash in Argentina
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Alberto U. What: Sol Linaeas Aereas Saab 340A Where: 20 km (12.5 mls) N of Prahuaniyeu, RN Argentina When: May 18, 2011 Who: 3 crew, 19 passengers Why: After the last radio contact at 20:50, the aircraft crashed near Los Menucos en-route Neuquen to... »
Rio Negro Crash: Investigation Begins
Argentine Aviators Union of Air Lines said that the investigation into the Rio Negro crash will take 3 months. After departing from Neuquén at 20:08, the pilot sent out a distress call declaring an emergency. 19 passengers and 3 crew were aboard. Locals saw a ball of fire fall from the sky 35 kilometers... »
