| Date: | Wednesday 20 October 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Viscount |
| Owner/operator: | SAETA |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 31 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | -
 Cuba
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU) |
| Cuenca Airport (CUE/SECU) |
The aircraft was hijacked by six passengers during a domestic flight from Quito to Cuenca in Ecuador.
The hijackers demanded to be flown to Cuba. The aircraft made intermediate stops at Panama City and San Andrés.
Sources:
ABC (Madrid) 21 October 1971, p39
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