Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 15 August 1976
Aircraft Type: Vickers 785D Viscount
Owner/operator: SAETA
Registration Number: HC-ARS
Location: Chimborazo Volcano –
ÿ Ecuador
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 59 / Occupants: 59
Component Affected: Aircraft structure and systems.Aircraft structure and systems.
Category: Accident
A Vickers 785D Viscount crashed in Ecuador after impacting the side of a volcano, resulting in the deaths of all 59 passengers and crew. The flight departed Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport at 08:06, last radio contact occurred at 08:27, and the aircraft failed to arrive at Cuenca. Extensive search efforts yielded no wreckage, but investigation revealed the wreckage was SAETA flight 232.A Vickers 785D Viscount crashed in Ecuador after impacting the side of a volcano, resulting in the deaths of all 59 passengers and crew. The flight departed Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport at 08:06, last radio contact occurred at 08:27, and the aircraft failed to arrive at Cuenca. Extensive search efforts yielded no wreckage, but investigation revealed the wreckage was SAETA flight 232.
Description
A Vickers 785D Viscount, operated by SAETA, was destroyed when it impacted the side of a volcano in Ecuador. All 59 on board were killed. Flight 232 departed Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport, Ecuador at 08:06 hours on a domestic service to Cuenca Airport. Last radio contact with the flight was at 08:27 when the crew reported over Ambato at 18000 feet. The aircraft failed to arrive at Cuenca. Despite an intesive search operation, the wreckage was not found. However, on October 17, 2002 climbers attempting to reach the top of the 20,700-foot Chimborazo Volcano, came across aircraft debris. Further investigation by officials in February 2003 confirmed that the wreckage was indeed SAETA flight 232.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m0JPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZY8DAAAAIBAJ&dq=chimborazo%20wreckage&pg=6576%2C4765181https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m0JPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZY8DAAAAIBAJ&dq=chimborazo%20wreckage&pg=6576%2C4765181Primary Cause
Aircraft impact with a volcanic terrain.Aircraft impact with a volcanic terrain.Share on:
