- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | April 29, 1959 |
Time: | 1700 |
Location: | Valdemeca, Spain |
Operator: | Iberia Airlines |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Barcelona - Madrid |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Registration: | EC-ABC |
cn / ln: | 19334 |
Aboard: | 28 (passengers:25 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 28 (passengers:25 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crashed into the east slopes of Sierra de Valdemeca after being diverted due to poor weather. Joaquin Blume, Spain's European gymnastics champion, killed. Unfavorable weather made it necessary to deviate from the planned route. |
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