SAETA Flight 011 Crashes in Ecuador, 57 Killed — April 23, 1979
SAETA Flight 011 crashes in Pastaza Province, Ecuador, killing all 57 people on board. The wreckage was not discovered until 1984.
Date: April 23, 1979
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