SAETA Flight 232
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In August 1976, SAETA Flight 232 from Quito, Ecuador to Cuenca with 55 passengers and four crew members aboard a Vickers Viscount 785D, was reported missing while in flight. It was not found for twenty-six years.
Searches of the possible crash area produced no results. A mid-route crash on the stratovolcano Chimborazo was considered to be most probable, though some speculated a Colombian guerilla hijacking. On October 17, 2002 the aircraft and the bodies of all its 59 occupants were found by Ecuadorian climbers on the rarely-used "Integral" route up the east side of Chimborazo at 5,400 metres (18,000 ft) elevation, 3km east of the summit.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ El Comercio (2003)
- ^ Aviation Safety net record
