| Shootdown | |
|---|---|
| Date | 28 August 1975 |
| Summary | Plane crashed after bomb placed in a sewage drain under the runway detonated during take-off. |
| Site | San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Military transport aircraft |
| Aircraft name | Lockheed C-130 Hercules |
| Operator | Argentine Air Force |
| Registration | TC-62 |
| Flight origin | El Palomar Air Base |
| 1st stopover | Old Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport |
| 2nd stopover | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport |
| 3rd stopover | Capitán Vicente Almandos Almonacid Airport |
| Destination | El Palomar Air Base |
| Passengers | 114 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 6 |
| Injuries | 29 |
| Survivors | 115 |
Operation Gardel[note 1] was the codename given by the Peronist guerrilla organization Montoneros to the downing of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules, belonging to the 1st Air Brigade's 1st Transport Group as it took off from the old Teniente Benjamín Matienzo International Airport, carrying 114 Gendarmerie personnel as part of a military intervention in Tucumán province.
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