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.
[4] In 2009, she enrolled at the Cosme Renella Barbato Military Aviation School where she began training as a pilot.
[6][7] Ruiz died when the plane she was piloting crashed and hit a car and a motorcycle in Ecuador's Santa Elena Province on 26 November 2024.
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.