- SA de Transport Aérien
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airline = SA de Transport Aérien
headquarters =Geneva ,Switzerland
founded =1968 (Ceased operations in 1978)
fleet_size=
destinations=
key_people= Charles Jacquat, Raymond Lambert, Michel FavreSA 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 its 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 toFunchal Airport in Portugal, killing 36.Fleet
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Cessna 172
*Cessna 206
*Cessna 401
*Convair 640
* Vickers Viscount 803
*Douglas DC-8
*Sud Aviation Caravelle External links
* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/operator/airline.php?var=5452 Aviation Safety Network]
* [http://www.pionnair-ge.com/spip1/spip.php?article224 Le site des pionniers de l’aéronautique à Genève]
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