Date: | Friday 7 January 1972 |
Time: | 12:10 |
Type: | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-R |
Owner/operator: | Iberia |
Registration: | EC-ATV |
MSN: | 163 |
Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Avon 533R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 104 / Occupants: 104 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 15 km W of Ibiza Airport (IBZ) -
Spain
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Valencia Airport (VLC/LEVC) |
Destination airport: | Ibiza Airport (IBZ/LEIB) |
Narrative:Iberia flight 602, a Caravelle VI-R passenger jet, was destroyed when it struck a mountainside of the Sierra de Atalayasa, near Ibiza Airport (IBZ), Spain. All 104 on board were killed.
The aircraft had departed Madrid (MAD) on a domestic service to Valencia (VLC) and Ibiza Airport (IBZ). While flying an approach to runway 07 at Ibiza, the airplane struck a 415 m high mountain, 30 m below the summit.
It was determined that the pilot had failed to maintain the minimum altitude for a visual approach to runway 07
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photo (c) Deunoscuantos producciones audiovisuales; 1970; (CC:by-sa)
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