== Accidents and incidents ==
{{As of|2011|12}}, [[Aviation Safety Network]] recordscatatan 11 accidentskecelakaan /incidents forinsiden untuk Austral Líneas Aéreas, totallingsebanyak 224 deathskematian..<ref>{{cite web|title= Accident record for Austral Líneas Aéreas|url= http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?sorteer=datekey_desc&kind=%&cat=%&page=1&field=Operatorkey&var=6437|work= Aviation Safety Network|date= 21 December 2011|accessdate= 23 December 2011}}</ref> The list below includes [[hull-loss]] accidents only.
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|The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled Buenos Aires–Mar del Plata passenger service as '''Flight 205'''. It crashed into the sea {{convert|1.2|km}} off the coast after a missed approach to the airport of destination.
|align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|id= 19590116-0|title= LV-GED|accessdate=23 December 2011}}</ref>
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|One of the engines [[Fuel starvation|ran out of fuel]] at climbout after an improper selection of the [[fuel pump]]. The pilots managed to land the plane in a nearby sports field. The aircraft was operating a cargo service.
|align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|id= 19691217-0|title= LV-GEB|accessdate=23 December 2011}}</ref>
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|align=center|W/O
|align=center|{{nts|46}}/79
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|align=center|<ref>{{ASN accident|id= 19771121-0|title= LV-JGY|accessdate= 23 December 2011}}</ref>
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|align=center|{{dts|format=dmy|1981|5|7}}
|align=center|LV-LOX
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|align=center|{{nts|31}}/31
|align=center|{{nts|31}}/31{{#tag:ref|A discrepancy exists regarding the [[death toll]], as it was claimed it rose to 30,<ref name="FI1981">{{cite journal|title= Safety: commercial half-year report{{spaced ndash}}Fatal accidents: scheduled passenger flights|journal= Flight International|date= 18 July 1981|page= 172|format= PDF|url= http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%202334.html|archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/67D8pkcuU|archivedate= 26 April 2012|accessdate= 26 April 2012}}</ref> or to 31.<ref name="id=19810507-0">{{ASN accident|id= 19810507-0|title= LV-LOX|accessdate= 5 August 2011}}</ref>|group="note"}}
|The aircraft was operating a scheduled domestic [[San Miguel de Tucumán|Tucumán]]–Buenos Aires passenger service as '''[[Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 901|Flight 901]]'''. Crashed into the [[Río de la Plata]] amid stormy weather while on approach to Aeroparque Jorge Newbery, {{convert|15|km}} east-southeast of the airfield.
|align=center|<ref name="FI1981"/><ref name="id=19810507-0"/>
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