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== Accidents and incidents == PLUNA had only one fatal accident with the loss of ten crew members, the [[Aviation Safety Network]] records 3 hull-loss accidents/incidents for the airline.<ref>{{cite web|title= Accident record for PLUNA|url= https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/operators/4870|publisher= Aviation Safety Network|date= 28 November 2004|access-date= 12 August 2011}}</ref> *8 January 1946: A [[Douglas DC-2|Douglas DC-2-124]], [[Aircraft registration|registration]] CX-AEG, was destroyed during a [[thunderstorm]] in Uruguay.<ref>{{ASN accident|id= 19460118-1|title= CX-AEG|type= Incident|accessdate= 12 August 2011}}</ref> *9 October 1962: A [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas C-47A]], registration CX-AGE, crashed during a final test flight. The crash occurred during [[takeoff]] from Carrasco International Airport, when the right wing grazed the runway, bouncing the aircraft and causing the right tire to burst, then bouncing the aircraft again causing the engine to smash into the ground at almost full throttle, and finally rolling over and coming to rest upside down. A fire broke out shortly afterwards. All 10 crew members died.<ref>{{ASN accident|id= 19621009-0|title= CX-AGG|accessdate= 12 August 2011}}</ref> *11 May 1975: A [[Vickers Viscount|Vickers 769D Viscount]], registration CX-AQO, flying a scheduled Carrasco International Airport–[[Aeroparque Jorge Newbery|Buenos Aires-Aeroparque]] service, ran off the end of the runway at the destination airport on landing. The damage wrote off the aircraft. All 57 passengers and crew survived the incident.<ref>{{ASN accident|id= 19750511-2|title= CX-AQO|accessdate= 12 August 2011}}</ref>
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