Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 386
Boeing 747-200B · Mass foodborne illness outbreak by cholera from airline meal
From Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 1 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 356
- Survivors
- 355
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 75
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
Boeing 747-200B
- Aircraft type
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- Unknown
- Operator
- Aerolíneas Argentinas
- Onboard fatalities
- 1
- Route
- From Ezeiza International Airport - Ministro Pistarini (EZE)To Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Approximate · Estimated position: Lima, near the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
On 14 February 1992, food contaminated with cholera was distributed to the passengers on Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 386, operated by a Boeing 747-200. One of the passengers died from the illness.
Investigation and cause
Investigation and subsequent developments
An investigation by the Food and Drug Administration highlighted the problem patchwork of regulations for food safety.
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) stated that the responsibility for the safety of the operator organization is not changed by subcontracting of catering or other services to third parties.
In 1995, the World Health Organization in consultation with the ICAO and the International Maritime Organization developed explicit agreements on the management of transmission risks for cholera and other infectious diseases by air and sea. In 1998 this led to improvements in aircraft disinfection procedures.
The ICAO now takes the advice of the International Travel Catering Association.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 386
- Revision
- 1368911503 · 2026-08-11 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q4688296
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 386" (page 13949979, revision 1368911503)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.