LAPA Flight 3142
1999 aviation accident in Argentina
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LAPA Flight 3142 was a scheduled Buenos Aires–Córdoba flight operated by the Argentine airline Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas. On 31 August 1999, the Boeing 737-200 operating the flight crashed while attempting to take off from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery International Airport in Buenos Aires.
The crash resulted in 65 fatalities – 63 occupants of the aircraft (3 crew members and 60 passengers) and 2 people on the ground – as well as injuries, some serious, to at least 34 people. As of 2026, it remains the second deadliest aviation accident to occur in Argentina, behind Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 644, 38 years prior.
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