LV-ADS Douglas
DC-6
(c/n 43031)
The registration can be gleaned
from under the port wing on the original print of this DC-6.
For some reason the name 'Mariano
Moreno' had not yet been
applied. (Probably since
it had just been absorbed from FAMA). The DC-6 was delivered new
in September of
1948 to the earlier Argentine airline. FAMA was
incorporated into the fleet of the newly
formed Aerolineas Argentinas in 1949. In the image below -ADS is
seen over B.A.in the
later AA livery. On 7 September
1960 LV-ADS was working a
regularly scheduled flight
from Asuncion,
Paraguay to Buenos Aires when the number 3
propellor overspeeded and
shook loose, impacting
the number 4 engine. The aircraft subsequently
disintegrated.
Twenty-five passengers and six crew were
killed.