41 Years ago today: On 23 April 1979 a SAETA Vickers Viscount went missing on a Quito-Cuenca flight; killing all 57 occupants.
Date: | Monday 23 April 1979 |
Time: | ca 07:45 |
Type: |
Vickers 785D Viscount |
Operator: | SAETA |
Registration: | HC-AVP |
C/n / msn: | 329 |
First flight: | 1957-06-23 (21 years 10 months) |
Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Dart 510 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 52 / Occupants: 52 |
Total: | Fatalities: 57 / Occupants: 57 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Pastaza Province ( Ecuador) |
Crash site elevation: | 5500 m (18045 feet) amsl |
Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU), Ecuador |
Destination airport: | Cuenca Airport (CUE/SECU), Ecuador |
Flightnumber: | 011 |
Narrative:
Went missing on a Quito-Cuenca flight and was
found 5 years later on high ground, 25nm off track at an elevation of 18000
feet.
The aircraft departed Quito at 07:08 in the morning and was expected to land at
Cuenca at 08:00.