BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (CNN) -- An Argentine jetliner with nearly 100 people on board crashed during takeoff from Buenos Aires' domestic airport late Tuesday and burst into flames.

There were conflicting reports on casualties. Argentine authorities said at least 80 people were killed. But some local media claimed as many as 26 people had survived.

Television images showed fire crews spraying water on burning, twisted wreckage. Bodies were seen littering the crash site.

The plane, a Boeing 737 operated by LAPA, Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas, overshot the runway of Jorge Newberry airport, skidded across a service road and slammed into a golf driving range just outside the airport.

Local media reported the plane was trying to take off on a flight to the Argentine city of Cordoba at 9 p.m. local time (0000 GMT).

"It (the plane) went past the length of the runway. There is a vehicle that was hit," said an Air Force spokesman at the scene.

Police cordoned off the site as firefighters poured streams of water on the wreckage. Ambulances took away victims, sirens blaring in the night amid the confusion of the scene.

The airline had no immediate comment.

Police blocked routes all around the airport, creating huge traffic jams along key arteries.

Buenos Aires Bureau Chief Luis Clemens, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.

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