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A visitor from - posted Thu February 16, 2012: There´s an excelent first hand report on the web about what happened that day, only in spanish, but plenty of details. Frank Zardini
A visitor from - posted Thu November 4, 2010: I was there in Laguna Brava La Rioja last month, and access to the wreck is very hazardous. I was unable to get anywhere near it, and it looks as though there less pieces of the remains thanthose in the photograph. In 1960 I was flying across the Andes in a Super C-46 for another company. Years later (in the 70 ies) I was a Captain in the B-707 in Aerolíneas Argentinas and one of our Flight Engineers with whom I flew several times had been the mechanic on the wrecked aircraft. Souls on board had been only four, the Captain, a first officer, a mechanic and a person in charge of the horses. The first officer´s son is a pilot in Aerolíneas Argentinas today-
A visitor from Belgium posted Thu January 28, 2010: Surrealistic, I love it
A visitor from - posted Fri January 8, 2010: Wow! thanks for shots!
A visitor from Netherlands posted Sat August 8, 2009: Amazing scenery! It looks so unreal, unnatural, but so different, so beautifull!! Thanks for sharing this (including the story behind the accident)! Best regards, Walter
A visitor from Belgium posted Sun May 31, 2009: This truly is one of the best photo's, and not only on airliners, I've ever seen. You can pe proud of this one.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Tue February 19, 2008: One of the most amazing shots around; 5 stars
A visitor from Germany posted Thu January 17, 2008: Congratulation! This is a really bizarre scenery. Looks like a movie set. Very unreal and impressing.
A visitor from Switzerland posted Sat May 19, 2007: In the middle of nowhere!amazing artistic pic!!!!
A visitor from United States posted Sat February 17, 2007: What an excellent picture! I love the composition - the general feeling the stripped carcass on the dry lake bed - conveys. This is one of the most artistic aircraft pictures I have seen in a long time.
A visitor from Spain posted Sun February 4, 2007: What an amazing sight in the middle of nowhere!
A visitor from New Zealand posted Sat February 3, 2007: Amazing, I've never seen a picture that coneys such a sense of abandonment!
A visitor from Brazil posted Sat February 3, 2007: Wow! Amazing photo! Amazing scenery!
A visitor from France posted Sat February 3, 2007: It looks so unreal! Beautifull setting, a very original place and interesting (pre)historical background.

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