SA de Transport Aérien
# SA de Transport Aérien

Société Anonyme de Transport Aérien (SATA) alternatively known as Société Anonyme de Transport Aérien Genève, was a Swiss airline founded in June 1966, with its head office on the property of Geneva Airport, and with its base in Geneva. It started as an air-taxi operator and evolved to passenger and cargo charters to points in Europe, the US, South America and the Caribbean. It terminated its activities in 1978.

## Fleet

SATA's fleet included these aircraft in 1978

* 1 Cessna 172
* 1 Cessna 421
* 1 Pilatus PC-6
* 2 Douglas DC-8
* 3 Sud Aviation Caravelle

## Incidents and accidents

SATA had two major incidents with its aircraft:

* On July 17, 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 18, 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.

## Literature

* Charles Jacquat: Le goût du risque. Editions A. Barthelemy, Genf 1982.
