SAETA Flight 011 Crashes in Ecuador, 59 Killed, August 15, 1976
SAETA Flight 011 crashes into the Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador, killing all 59 people on board; the wreckage is not discovered until 2002.
Date: August 15, 1976
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