Curtiss C-46 Commando crash, May 18, 1960 (9 killed), El...
Curtiss C-46 Commando accident on May 18, 1960 near El Sosneado Mendoza, Argentina with 9 fatalities. Cause: Sources differ: severe turbulence over the...
- Date: May 18, 1960
- Aircraft: Curtiss C-46 Commando
- Location: El Sosneado Mendoza, Argentina
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Sources differ: severe turbulence over the mountains or an in flight structural failure.
A Transamerican Air Transport Curtiss C 46 (LV GGJ) disappeared on 18 May 1960 after leaving Buenos Aires on a long distance flight via Chile, with nine people on board. The wreckage was found in the mountains near El Sosneado, Mendoza, in 1961. Sources differ on whether turbulence or structural failure caused the crash.