Category: Plane crash

The An-24 W SP-LTD plane was on a flight from Warsaw to Rzeszów. There were 29 people on board: two pilots, two flight attendants and 25 passengers. The landing was to be carried out at the Jasionka airport from the eastern side. At 10:25 am, before landing, the engines failed. Most of the electrical system…

On January 24, 1969, the Antonow An-24 SP-LTE aircraft was about to land at the Strachowice airport near Wrocław. The crew approached the landing when the weather conditions were below the permissible minimum. The airport informed that the visibility was 800 m, and after a while – only 400 m. The minimum was 1,100 m.…

In Poland, in 1965 – 2007, 39 aviation decreases occurred with PZL An-2 aircraft. Most of them ended happily and without killed.

Unfortunately, service in the 10th Tactical Air Squadron was sometimes tragic. On October 11, 2005, Lt. MSc. pil. Jerzy Stonsieka took off for an experimental flight. He piloted the TS-11 Iskra training plane, belonging to the 10th ELT. The pilot made a low-altitude test flight. There was an engine failure during the flight. The pilot…

On 9.07.1981, the MiG-21 PF with 1 PLM near Drążdżewo, 48 km east of Ciechanów, crashed. Lieutenant pilot Krzysztof Czerwiński was killed on the spot. Honor his memory! The plane crashed into the ground.

On January 24, 1969, the An-24 SP-LTE aircraft was about to land at the Strachowice airport near Wrocław. The crew approached the landing when the weather conditions were below the permissible minimum. The airport informed that the visibility was 800 m, and after a while – only 400 m. The minimum was 1,100 m. The…

We are now on the 12th anniversary of the Smolensk attack. Four years ago, a technical report was published which confirmed that it was not an accident but a brutal attack on the Polish ruling elite. The POLOT.net portal was one of the few that, since April 2010, was firmly committed to the theory of…

On November 20, 1963, at 62 PLM, Krzesiny airport, the first accident with the participation of the MiG-21 F-13 nb 2016 No. 742016 took place. During the night landing two machines collided. The pilot of the MiG-21 was Lieutenant Wawrzyniec Czapiga, 1st class pilot. The pilot died on the spot. The pilot was returning from…


On May 13, 1977, the An-12 SP-LZA nb 50 aircraft No. 6344307 performed a flight on the Rzeszów-Beirut route (capital of Lebanon). The stopover took place in Varna, Bulgaria, to refuel the aircraft. At that time, 9,400 kg of aviation kerosene were refueled. This amount of fuel was enough to fly to Beirut and back…

2 Su-20 No.6601 nb 01 manufactured February 1974, delivered 1974-04-26. The plane crashed 1976-02-03, near Kazimierz Biskupi. Pilot Cpt. Jerzy Doliniec was killed. The disaster occurred as a result of failure of aggregates and engine stalling. The failure occurred at the manufacturer, who found his fault and provided a new plane, Su-20 nb 7125 as…