Iberia Flight 602
1972 aviation accident in Spain
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EC-ATV, the aircraft involved in the incident
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Accident | |
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Date | 7 January 1972 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site |
Sierra de Atalayasa, Spain
38°54′13″N 1°15′04″E / 38.90361°N 1.25111°E / 38.90361; 1.25111 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle |
Aircraft name | Maestro Victoria |
Operator | Iberia |
Registration | EC-ATV |
Flight origin | Valencia Airport |
Destination | Ibiza Airport |
Occupants | 104 |
Passengers | 98 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 104 |
Survivors | 0 |
Iberia Flight 602 is a domestic scheduled passenger flight that crashed into a mountain near Ibiza Town Spain On 7 January 1972, The Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle operating the flight had taken off from Valencia Airport in Valencia , Spain, destined for Ibiza Airport on the Balearic island of Ibiza . All 98 passengers and 6 crew died in the crash.
Aircraft and crew
The aircraft was a Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle that first flew on 25 June 1963 and was powered by two Rolls-Royce RA-29 Mk.533R Avon turbojet engines. Delivered to Iberia on 9 July, the aircraft was initially named Tomás Luis de Victoria after the Spanish Composer of the same name, though this was later shortened to Maestro Victoria . [1] [2]
Flight 602 was under the command of 37-year-old captain José Luis Ballester Sepúlveda, with 7,000 flying hours' experience, first officer Jesús Montesinos Sánchez, and flight engineer Vicente Rodríguez Mesa. [3] [4]
The crash
Flight 602 was a domestic service flight that took off from Valencia Airport bound for Ibiza. On board were 6 crew and 98 passengers, most of whom were Valencia natives returning to Ibiza for work after the holidays. [5]
At approximately 12:15 p.m., the aircraft's captain radioed Ibiza Airport, requesting permission to descend to 5,500 feet (1,700 m) . Ibiza Airport sources reported that he also said, "Get me a beer ready, we are here." [5]
The aircraft was approaching Runway 07 when it descended below 2,000 feet (610 m) . [2] Reportedly, neither the captain nor the co-pilot noticed the dangerous descent, as they were discussing a football match with the airport tower controller. [2] Flight 602 struck Mount Atalayasa approximately 90 feet (27 m) below its 1,515-foot (462 m) summit. [5] [6] The aircraft exploded on impact. All 98 passengers and 6 crew on board were killed. [3]
At the time of the crash, visibility was approximately 1,515 miles (2,438 kilometers) and the weather was described as high overcast with broken clouds. [ citation needed ]
Cause
It was ruled that the pilot had failed to maintain the minimum flight altitude for a visual approach to Runway 07. [7]
References
- ↑ "Aircraft Data EC-ATV, 1963 Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-R C/N 163" . www.airport-data.com . Retrieved 19 March 2014 .
- 1 2 3 "Sud Aviation: Iberia EC-ATV – 07 January 1972" . SudAviation.com . Archived from the original on 19 March 2014 . Retrieved 28 June 2013 .
- 1 2 "Spanish jet crashes; 104 aboard killed" . The Blade . Toledo, Ohio . Reuters. 7 January 1972 . Retrieved 29 March 2012 – via Google News.
- ↑ "Crash of a Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-R in Ibiza: 104 killed" . www.baaa-acro.com . Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives . Retrieved 4 November 2021 .
- 1 2 3 "Pilot calls for beer, then boom" . Windsor Star . Windsor, Ontario . United Press International. 8 January 1972 . Retrieved 29 March 2012 – via Google News.
- ↑ Ranter, Harro. "Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VIR EC-ATV Sierra de Atalayasa" . Aviation Safety Network . Flight Safety Foundation . Retrieved 29 March 2012 .
- ↑ Gero, David (1996). Aviation Disasters Second Edition . Patrick Stephens Limited. p. 104.
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