- 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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