Airplane Crash - Valdemeca, Spain 04/29/1959
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Valdemeca, Spain
| Date | 04/29/1959 |
| Time | 16:00 |
| Location | Valdemeca, Spain |
| Operator | Iberia Airlines |
| Route | Barcelona - Madrid |
| Type | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration | EC-ABC |
| Cn/In | 19334 |
| Aboard | 28 |
| Fatalities | 28 |
| 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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