SAETA Flight 011 (1979)

SAETA Flight 011

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
IATA flight No.	EH11
ICAO flight No.	SET11
Call sign	SAETA 011
Registration	HC-AVP
Flight origin	Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport, Ecuador
Destination	Cuenca Airport, 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]