Summary Suspected hijack Passengers 55 Survivors 0 Date 15 August 1976 Fatalities 59 (all) Passenger count 55 | Site Chimborazo Crew 4 Survivor 0 Location Chimborazo | |
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Similar Aeroflot Flight 418, Indian Airlines Flight 171, Middle East Airlines Fl, EgyptAir Flight 864, American Airlines Flight 625 | ||
On 15 August 1976, SAETA Flight 232 en route from Quito, Ecuador, to Cuenca was reported missing while in flight. The SAETA-operated Vickers Viscount 785D carried 55 passengers and 4 crew members.
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 guerrilla hijacking.
The plane was not found for 26 years. In February 2003 the aircraft and the bodies of all its 59 occupants were found by Ecuadorian climbers who were exploring a new route to Chimborazo's summit.
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