Category: Plane crash
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The tragedy of MiG-21 PF nb 2405 from 1st PLM on June 30, 1966.
Kępno 2024-01-25 Author – Retired Major pilot Janusz Smiatacz. The tragedy of MiG-21 PF nb 2405 no. 762405 from 1st PLM Warsaw on June 30, 1966. We are posting an article that was published in “Tygodnik Kępiński” No. 4/2010 on 28.01.2010. The author of the article is retired major pilot Janusz Smiatacz. Description of the…
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Mikojan and Guriewicz MiG-23 from Bagicz. 1989
In 1989, in the CCCP, the tsar was Mikhail Gorbachev, who tried to make communism with a human face. Military détente between the East and the West continued. The threat of potential war in Europe has diminished. The former adversaries now looked at each other friendly. This does not mean, however, that disarmament has taken…
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Lightning strike on Su-20 aircraft in 1988.
On that day, Su-20 crews performed training and combat flights to attack targets on the training ground. The weather was bad; lower cloud base 300 m, visibility 3,000 m, wind 2 m/s from the north-west. Due to the weather, the flights were not performed in groups, but individually. They started at time intervals. While returning…
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The tragedy of MiG-21 R nb 1911 on June 3, 1987.
On June 3, 1987, there was a plane crash near Straszewy. Exactly at 2:35 p.m., 1.5 km south of the town of Straszewy, on the road towards Osówka, there was a crash of a MiG 21 R military fighter aircraft, serial number 94R0011911, board number 1911, with a D-type reconnaissance pod installed ( photographic container…
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Tragedy TS-11 nb 0410 near Pionki on 1974-09-03.
Contrary to appearances, this will not be another material about the presidential plane crash near Smolensk. However, it will directly refer to aviation. Our city witnessed two military plane crashes. For the pilots, it was the last flight of their lives. Today we are going back to those events. Who remembers today that the forests…
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Tragedy MiG-23 nb 150 on 1988-07-14
On July 14, 1988, 28 PLM performed day and night flights. The pre-flight briefing was carried out at 17:00. The weather conditions were relatively difficult, but did not disqualify the performance of the exercises. A strong wind was blowing and it was raining. It was completely cloudy in places. Flights started before 18:00.
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Accident MiG-29 nb 67 on 2017-12-18
The accident of the MiG-29 nb 67 No. 2960526367 took place on December 18, 2017, around 5:00 pm. By this time it was already night and the weather was fine. The plane was on the final landing straight at the 23rd Tactical Air Base Airport in Mińsk Mazowiecki. The plane disappeared from the radar screens.
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Accidents and catastrophes of Mi-24 helicopters in Poland. 2018.
On September 13, 1988, during take-off at the training ground in Nadarzyce, there was an accident of the Mi-24 D (No. A1013). After a major overhaul, the helicopter was returned to service. Finally, the machine was withdrawn in 2000 and transferred to the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw.
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The tragedy of Lisunow Li-2 SP-LKA on November 15, 1951.
The tragedy of the Lisunow Li-2 SP-LKA aircraft happened on November 15, 1951. On that day, a plane belonging to PLL LOT was making a round-trip flight from Szczecin – Poznań – Łódź – Kraków, together with passengers who were getting off and on at individual airports. At that time, these were typical flights of…
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Tupolev Tu-154. Catastrophes. 2022
The statistics for the Tu-154 aircraft are unmerciful. According to available information, 66 machines crashed on 1,015 (other sources 926) of the Tu-154 built. The production of this machine lasted until 2001. Until 2010, there were about 200 Tu-154 aircraft in the world. Mostly in the Moscow State and China.