Qualla: LADE Flight 072 https://qualla.com/lade-flight-072 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: LADE Flight 072 https://qualla.com/lade-flight-072 LADE Flight 072: Introduction https://qualla.com/lade-flight-072/ They were on their way to a celebration. On 8 November 1995, fifty-three people boarded LADE Flight 072 - soldiers, their wives, their parents, and thirteen children - bound for a graduation ceremony at a military aviation school in Córdoba. The Fokker F27 had lifted off from Patagonia hours earlier, flown its first leg without incident, and stopped at Villa Reynolds in San Luis Province. None of them would arrive. Somewhere over the dark spine of the Sierras, the aircraft flew into the side of Cerro Los Linderos, and everyone aboard was killed.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/d/3/c/lade-flight-072-wp/6d3c-lade-flight-072-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full LADE Flight 072: A Decision in the Dusk https://qualla.com/lade-flight-072/ The aircraft was a Fokker F27 Friendship 400M, registered TC-72 and built in 1981, operated by LADE, the air service run by Argentina's Air Force. As the crew prepared to leave Villa Reynolds, a thunderstorm rose across the route ahead. The departure was delayed and nearly called...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/d/3/c/lade-flight-072-wp/6d3c-lade-flight-072-the-long-climb-to-reach-them.mp3 0:06 4 full LADE Flight 072: A Cross on the Ridge https://qualla.com/lade-flight-072/ Three decades on, the mountain still holds the memory. On the crash site stands a memorial: a cross five metres tall, fragments of the broken aircraft, and plaques carrying the photographs and names of the dead. What began as a place of grief has slowly become a destination for t...

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