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LOT Flight 703
A LOT Polish Airlines Antonov An-24, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date2 November 1988
SummaryIcing causing engine failure
SiteBiałobrzegi, Poland
50°06′05″N 22°19′25″E / 50.10139°N 22.32361°E / 50.10139; 22.32361
Aircraft
Aircraft typeAntonov An-24B
Aircraft nameDunajec
OperatorLOT Polish Airlines
RegistrationSP-LTD
Flight originOkecie Airport
DestinationRzeszów Airport
Occupants29
Passengers25
Crew4
Fatalities1
Injuries28
Survivors28

LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 was a plane that crash-landed about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north of Rogóżno railway station, on 2 November 1988. In the accident one person was killed and several were seriously injured.

Background

Aircraft

The aircraft involved, purchased in April 1966, was a 22-year-old Antonov An-24B registered as SP-LTD and named Dunajec. The Antonov An-24 is a Soviet-built twin-engine turboprop aircraft, entering into commercial service in 1963. The aircraft can seat up to 50 people, with the aircraft having a capacity of up to 48 seats.

Passengers and crew

There were 25 passengers and 4 crew members on board the aircraft, with radio journalist Tomasz Beksiński also among the passengers on board the aircraft. Two of the passengers were undercover officers, who were part of the Milicja Obywatelska, insuring the aircraft's safety.

The flight crew consisted of the Captain Kazimierz Rożek, who had 30 years of flying experience, and first officer Waldemara Wolskiego.

Accident

The burned wreckage of the aircraft

The Polish Press Agency originally reported that 16 people had been killed. The report was later retracted, confirming the account of a local police officer who told the Associated Press that one person had been killed, as officials from LOT Polish Airlines said that the confusion might have been caused by several passengers leaving the crash site, before making their way to a nearby road and hitching rides from motorists, leading authorities into initially presuming that they were dead.

Aftermath

The crash-landing has been the last fatal air crash in Polish commercial aviation so far. It was one of the main reasons for which LOT Polish Airlines removed all An-24 served planes (this particular aircraft was 22 years old) and replaced them with ATR 42 and ATR 72.

References

  1. ^ "Pilot is credited with saving 28 lives in polish plane crash". Chicago Tribune. 3 November 1988. Archived from the original on 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  2. "Crash of an Antonov AN-24B in Łańcut: 1 killed". Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  3. ^ "To była ostatnia katastrofa LOT-u. Słynny dziennikarz był na pokładzie". Onet.pl (in Polish). 23 March 2024. Archived from the original on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  4. ^ "A Polish plane carrying 29 people crashed today in... - UPI". UPI. 2 November 2024. Archived from the original on 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  5. Łaskarzewski, Wojciech (2 November 2024). "Ostatnia katastrofa LOT. Samolot runął pod Rzeszowem. Na pokładzie był słynny dziennikarz". Fakt (in Polish). Archived from the original on 22 November 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  6. "Mija 36 lat od ostatniej katastrofy LOT-u. Na pokładzie był Tomasz Beksiński". Onet.pl (in Polish). 2 November 2024. Archived from the original on 4 November 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  7. Hetman, Karol Placha (1 November 2022). "Tragedia An-24 SP-LTD „Dunajec" w dniu 2.11.1988r. – Polot". Polot.net (in Polish). Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  8. "Polish plane crash". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 4 November 1988. p. 8. Retrieved 10 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "All but one survive Polish plane crash". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. 2 November 2024. p. 9. Retrieved 11 December 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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