An Iberia Boeing 727-200 similar to the one involved
Accident
Date
19 February 1985 (1985-02-19)
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
Site
Mount Oiz, Biscay, near Bilbao Airport, Spain 43°13′43″N02°35′24″W / 43.22861°N 2.59000°W / 43.22861; -2.59000
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Boeing 727–256
Aircraft name
Alhambra de Granada
Operator
Iberia
Registration
EC-DDU
Flight origin
Madrid–Barajas Airport, Spain
Destination
Bilbao Airport, Spain
Occupants
148
Passengers
141
Crew
7
Fatalities
148
Survivors
0
Iberia Flight 610 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Madrid to Bilbao, Spain. On 19 February 1985, a Boeing 727-200 operating the flight crashed into a ravine after one of its wings sliced a television antenna on the summit of Mount Oiz in Biscay during an approach to Bilbao Airport. All 141 passengers and 7 crew on board died. The crash is the deadliest aviation disaster in both the Basque Country and Iberia history.[1]
Spanish officials concluded that the crash had been caused by pilot error. During the approach to Bilbao, the autopilot's altitude select system failed to engage due to undetermined reasons, enabling the aircraft to descend past its target altitude. The altitude alarm had sounded to inform the crew that they had reached the intended altitude. However, both crew members misinterpreted it and caused the aircraft to fly even lower. The left wing eventually struck a television antenna, shearing it off and causing the aircraft to crash.[2]
^"Accident that occurred on February 19, 1985 involving a Boeing 727-256 aircraft, registration EC-DDU, at Monte Oiz (Vizcaya)" (PDF). Civil Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
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