Prahuaniyeu is a village and municipality in Río Negro Province

Río Negro Province

Río Negro is a province of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. Neighboring provinces are from the south clockwise Chubut, Neuquén, Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires. To the east lies the Atlantic Ocean.Its capital is Viedma...

 in Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, located 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Los Menucos

Los Menucos

Los Menucos is a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina....

 on the Meseta de Somuncurá. The major economic activity is sheep and goat farming, with lambs and wool produced for sale.

On May 18 2011 Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428

Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428

Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428 was a domestic Argentine passenger flight from Córdoba to Comodoro Rivadavia via Mendoza and Neuquén, operated with a 1985-built Saab 340, registration LV-CEJ, that crashed on , while en route on its last leg, in Prahuaniyeu, south-west of the town of Los Menucos, Río...

, en route from Neuquén

Neuquén

Neuquén is the name of the following things:* Neuquén, Argentina* Neuquén Province* Neuquén River* Neuquén Group...

 to Comodoro Rivadavia

Comodoro Rivadavia

Comodoro Rivadavia is a city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located on the San Jorge Gulf, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, at the foot of the Chenque Hill. Comodoro Rivadavia is the most important city of the San Jorge Basin....

, crashed near this location at around 9 PM (GMT-3). The impact killed all 22 people aboard, including a baby.