DC-9 Dives 24,000 Ft.
An Austral Airlines DC-9-32 apparently plunged 24,000 ft. into a swamp on the Argentina-Uruguay border, while avoiding thunderstorms, killing all 74 persons on board in a crash that could increase concern about air safety in Argentina. Argentina has been criticized in the last two months for...
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