Crash of an IAI Arava 201 near Yaupi: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 29, 1979
Operator:
Registration:
ANE-234
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
44
YOM:
1977
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The aircraft was dispatched on a SAR mission following the recent disappearance of a SAETA Vickers Viscount. In unknown circumstances, the airplane crashed in a wooded and mountainous area located near Yaupi, about 128 km east of Cuenca. Two civilian passengers were killed while five other occupants, members of the Ecuadorian Navy, were injured.
