| 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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 15 km W of Ibiza Airport (IBZ) -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Valencia Airport (VLC/LEVC) |
| Ibiza Airport (IBZ/LEIB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Iberia flight 602, a Caravelle, impacted a mountain while on approach to Ibiza Airport, Spain, killing all 104 occupants.
Flight IB602, struck a mountainside of the Sierra de Atalayasa, near Ibiza Airport (IBZ), Spain.
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)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 29-Nov-2024 19:03 | ASN | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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