Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 707 was an international Asunción–Formosa–Corrientes–Rosario–Buenos Aires passenger service operated with an Avro 748-105 Srs. 1, registration LV-HGW, named "Ciudad de Bahía Blanca", that crashed on 4 February 1970 near the city of Loma Alta, Chaco, Argentina.^[1][2]

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Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 707

An Aerolíneas Argentinas Avro 748 similar to the one involved in the accident
Accident
Date	4 February 1970
Summary	Severe turbulence
Site	Loma Alta, Argentina 26.765°S 58.800°W / -26.765; -58.800
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Hawker Siddeley HS 748
Aircraft name	Ciudad de Bahía Blanca
Operator	Aerolíneas Argentinas
Registration	LV-HGW
Flight origin	Silvio Pettirossi International Airport, Asunción, Paraguay
1st stopover	El Pucú Airport, Formosa, Argentina
2nd stopover	Camba Puntá Airport, Corrientes, Argentina
Last stopover	Islas Malvinas International Airport, Rosario, Argentina
Destination	Ministro Pistarini International Airport, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Passengers	33
Crew	4
Fatalities	37
Survivors	0

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While en route on its third leg between Camba Puntá Airport (now Doctor Fernando Piragine Niveyro International Airport) in Corrientes and Fisherton Airport (now Islas Malvinas International Airport) in Rosario, the aircraft flew into a cumulonimbus cloud; the pilots lost control of the aircraft after it encountered severe turbulence, the plane entered a left bank of 90 degrees and entered a 45-degree dive, it then crashed into the ground.^[1] All 37 occupants of the aircraft (33 passengers and 4 crew members) perished in the accident.^[1]

The cause of the accident was found to be loss of control of the airplane and collision with terrain when encountering a zone with adverse meteorological conditions and severe turbulence.^[1]

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