Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 JAN 1972 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VIR |
| Operator: | Iberia |
| Registration: | EC-ATV |
| C/n / msn: | 163 |
| First flight: | 1963 |
| Engines: | 2 Rolls Royce RA-29 Mk.533R Avon |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 98 / Occupants: 98 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 104 / Occupants: 104 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 15 km W of Ibiza Airport (IBZ) (Spain)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Valencia Airport (VLC/LEVC), Spain |
| Ibiza Airport (IBZ/LEIB), Spain | |
| Flightnumber: | 602 |
A Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VIR 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.
Flight 602 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.
Events:
Sources:
» Brabants Nieuwsblad 8-1-1972
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Valencia Airport to Ibiza Airport as the crow flies is 173 km (108 miles).
Distance from Valencia Airport to Ibiza Airport as the crow flies is 173 km (108 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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