SA de Transport Aérien
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| SA de Transport Aérien | ||
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| Founded | 1968 (Ceased operations in 1978) | |
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| Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Key people | Charles Jacquat, Raymond Lambert, Michel Favre | |
SA de Transport Aérien (SATA) or SA de Transport Aerien Genève, was a Swiss airline founded in 1968 with its base in Geneva. It finished its activities in 1978.
Little is known about this airline, except that it had two major incidents with it's aircraft.
On July 17th 1973, while landing at Tromsø/Langnes Airport in Norway, a Convair CV-640 landed heavily, bounced, and landed back nose-down, resting 15m short of the runway end.
On December 18th 1977, SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730 a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R crashed into the sea while on final approach to Funchal Airport in Portugal, killing 36.
[edit] Fleet
- Cessna 172
- Cessna 206
- Cessna 401
- Convair 640
- Vickers Viscount 803
- Douglas DC-8
- Sud Aviation Caravelle
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