An airliner crashed Wednesday in Patagonia in southern Argentina, killing all 19 passengers and three crew members. The aircraft used for travel between the cities of Neuquen and Comodoro Rivadavia, 1 800 km southwest of Buenos Aires. The Saab 340 aircraft of the Regional Soil issued a distress signal at 20 h 50 local and has been heard after the company said in a statement.
"Nobody has been found alive," said the director of a hospital in the province of Rio Negro, on local television. According to a spokesperson for the company, Horacio Darre, "the chances of finding survivors are minimal." The plane crashed in the province of Rio Negro, near the town of Prahuaniyeu.
A witness reported seeing a fireball fall in this desert area of Los Menucos said on television the mayor of Los Menucos. The disaster area is located south of the tourist town of San Carlos de Bariloche in the Andes. 
"Nobody has been found alive," said the director of a hospital in the province of Rio Negro, on local television. According to a spokesperson for the company, Horacio Darre, "the chances of finding survivors are minimal." The plane crashed in the province of Rio Negro, near the town of Prahuaniyeu.
A witness reported seeing a fireball fall in this desert area of Los Menucos said on television the mayor of Los Menucos. The disaster area is located south of the tourist town of San Carlos de Bariloche in the Andes.
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