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Twenty-two people died after a Sol Lineas Aereas turboprop plane crashed and burned in the desert 25 kilometers/15 miles from Los Menucos in Patagonia.
Flight 5248 carried three crew members and 19 passengers, including a baby.
Authorities report that the twin-engine Saab 340, built in the late 1980s, took off normally and had no records of technical problems.
It was on a flight between Neuquen to Comodoro Rivadavia.
BLOOMBERG reports that Sol operates mostly domestic flights within Argentina but also flies to Uruguay.
The flight between Comodoro Rivadavia and Neuquen connects the nation's two largest southern oil producing regions.
