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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