DAILY STAR
A pilot asked airport control to get a beer ready for him before crashing a plane on landing, killing all 104 people on board.
Iberia Airlines Flight 602 devastatingly exploded on impact with a mountain in Ibiza, Spain on 7 January 1972 in a freak accident on landing.
A total of 98 passengers were making the short distance journey from Valencia Airport on the mainland to the Balearic island but horrifically endured their final moments on descent to the runway.
The Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle was carrying a crew of six including captain José Luis Ballester Sepúlveda, who at 37-years-old, had 7,000 hours of flying experience under his belt.
Working alongside Sepúlveda, was first officer Jesús Montesinos Sánchez, and fight engineer Vicente Rodríguez Mesa.
