A Vickers Viscount, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident.
Accident
Date
23 April 1979 (1979-04-23)
Summary
Cause unknown; possible controlled flight into terrain
Site
Pastaza Province, Ecuador
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Vickers 785D Viscount
Operator
SAETA
Registration
HC-AVP
Flight origin
Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU), Ecuador
Destination
Cuenca Airport (CUE/SECU), Ecuador
Occupants
57
Passengers
52
Crew
5
Fatalities
57
Survivors
0
On 23 April 1979, SAETA Flight 011, a Vickers Viscount passenger aircraft of Ecuadorian airline SAETA, crashed in a mountainous region of Pastaza Province, Ecuador, killing all 57 people on board. The wreckage of the aircraft was not found until five years later.[1]
^"Accident Description". aviation-safety.net. 1996. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
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