Accident | |
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Date | 4 November 1967 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain for undetermined reasons |
Site | Near Blackdown Hill, United Kingdom 51°03′06″N 0°41′26″W / 51.05167°N 0.69056°W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Sud Aviation Caravelle |
Aircraft name | Jesús Guridi |
Operator | Iberia |
Registration | EC-BDD |
Flight origin | Málaga Airport, Spain |
Destination | London Heathrow Airport, UK |
Occupants | 37 |
Passengers | 30 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 37 |
Survivors | 0 |
Iberia Flight 062 was a twin-engined Sud Aviation Caravelle registered EC-BDD operating a scheduled flight from Málaga Airport, Spain, to London Heathrow Airport. While on approach to Heathrow on 4 November 1967, the Caravelle descended far below the flight level assigned to it and flew into the southern slope of Blackdown Hill in West Sussex, killing all 37 on board.[1]