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Captain Diana Ruiz
Born
Diana Estefanía Ruiz Solís

(1992-04-07)April 7, 1992
Píllaro Canton,  Ecuador
DiedNovember 26, 2024(2024-11-26) (aged 32)
La Libertad,  Ecuador
Cause of deathAirplane crash
Other names"la Chinita"
Employer(s)Escuela Superior Militar de Aviación, Ecuadorian Armed Forces
Known forFirst Ecuadorian woman to fly at supersonic speed

Diana Estefanía Ruiz Solís (7 April 1992 – 26 November 2024) was an Ecuadorian military pilot.[1] Known as 'La Mujer Supersónica', she was notable for becoming the first Ecuadorian woman to fly at supersonic speed and for breaking barriers for women in aviation in Ecuador.[2][3]

Biography

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Diana Ruiz was born in Píllaro Canton, in Ecuador's Tungurahua Province on 7 April 1992.[4] In 2009, she enrolled at the Cosme Renella Barbato Military Aviation School where she began training as a pilot. Ruiz was part of the first female graduating class at the Aviation School, and also was part of the third class of female weapon officers and technicians.[5]

Ruiz made her first solo flight on 10 February 2010.[3] On 13 March 2014 at age 22, Ruiz became the first Ecuadorian woman to fly a military aircraft at supersonic speed, when she piloted an Atlas Cheetah at Ecuador's Taura military base.[6][7]

Ruiz died at age 32 when the plane she was piloting crashed and hit a car and a motorcycle in Ecuador's Santa Elena Province on 26 November 2024.[8] Ecuadorian cadet Juan Andrés Pacheco Ramírez was also killed in the crash alongside her. At the time, Ruiz and Pacheco were conducting a training flight in a Diamond DA20 Katana. The plane descended with the engine off, and crashed while undertaking a forced landing on a central street in a neighborhood in La Libertad Canton.[9][10] Two residents on the ground were injured in the accident.[4][11]

References

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  1. ^ "La primera mujer en volar un avión supersónico en la FAE, víctima de accidente de aeronave en La Libertad". El Universo. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  2. ^ La Hora (27 November 2024). "Piloto pillareña muere en accidente de avioneta en Santa Elena" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b "La historia de Diana Ruiz, 'La Mujer Supersónica' que falleció en un trágico accidente aéreo en La Libertad". www.vistazo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Diana Ruiz: Quién era la piloto supersónica muerta en accidente aéreo en La Libertad". Diario Extra (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  5. ^ "La historia de la capitán Diana Ruiz Solís, la 'mujer supersónica' de la FAE, quien murió en accidente de avioneta en Santa Elena". Metro Ecuador (in Spanish). 27 November 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  6. ^ "¿Quién fue Diana Ruiz, 'la mujer supersónica' que murió en accidente de avioneta en Santa Elena?". Primicias Ecuador (in Spanish). 27 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  7. ^ Palma, Jonathan. "¿Quién fue Diana Ruiz, la 'mujer supersónica'? Murió en accidente de avioneta". Diario Expreso (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Ecuador llora la muerte de Diana Ruiz, primera ecuatoriana en pilotar un avión supersónico". Infobae (in Spanish). 28 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Caída de avioneta en La Libertad deja dos fallecidos, según el ECU 911". Metro Ecuador (in Spanish). 26 November 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Avioneta se estrella con vehículo en La Libertad, hay dos muertos". Ecuador 221 (in Spanish). 26 November 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Esto se sabe de la caída de la avioneta en La Libertad que dejó dos fallecidos". El Universo (in Spanish). 27 November 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
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