Vickers Viscount crash, Apr 23, 1979 (57 killed), Shell P...
Vickers Viscount accident on April 23, 1979 near Shell Pastaza, Ecuador with 57 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain.
- Date: April 23, 1979
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: Shell Pastaza, Ecuador
- Fatalities: 57
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain
On 23 April 1979 SAETA Vickers Viscount HC-AVP flying scheduled Flight 011 from Quito to Cuenca disappeared from radar while cruising at 18,000 feet in cloud after striking a mountain slope. All 57 occupants were killed. Search operations were abandoned without trace; the wreckage was later located in the Shell-Mera area of Pastaza Province.