LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703
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LOT Polish Airlines
Flight 703 was a plane
that crash-landed
about 1 kilometre (0.621372736649807 mi) north of Rogóżno
railway station, on 2 November 1988. In the accident one person was killed and several were seriously injured.
W, registration SP-LTD, named "Dunajec", took off from Okęcie airport, Warsaw
for regional flight 703 to Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport
. It had 25 passengers on board (including the famous radio presenter Tomasz Beksiński
) and four crew members. The captain was Kazimierz Rożek (with 30 years of experience) and the co-pilot was Waldemar Wolski. The emergency situation started about two minutes before the planned landing - at 10:25, when the plane was flying east to runway
27. According to officials - pilots turned on the anti-icing
installation too late and, during approach, both engine
s immediately shut down because of icing of the engine intakes. Just after that, Rożek and Wolski - knowing that they would not reach the airport, started an emergency descent
, which ended in a glade
.
above a drainage ditch and crashed further on. In the moment of crash-landing, one person - a 69-year-old woman from Rzeszów
- was killed. Within several seconds after the crash, two stewardess and two militia officers evacuated
all passengers from the aircraft, which quickly became ablaze.
and ATR 72
.
LOT Polish Airlines
Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. , trading as LOT Polish Airlines, is the flag carrier of Poland. Based in Warsaw, LOT was established in 1929, making it one of the world's oldest airlines still in operation. Using a fleet of 55 aircraft, LOT operates a complex network to 60 destinations in Europe,...
Flight 703 was a plane
Fixed-wing aircraft
A fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft capable of flight using wings that generate lift due to the vehicle's forward airspeed. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft in which wings rotate about a fixed mast and ornithopters in which lift is generated by flapping wings.A powered...
that crash-landed
Crash Landing
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about 1 kilometre (0.621372736649807 mi) north of Rogóżno
Rogozno
Rogoźno is a town in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, about 40 km north of Poznań. Its population is 11,337 . It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Rogoźno....
railway station, on 2 November 1988. In the accident one person was killed and several were seriously injured.
Flight
The plane - Antonov An-24Antonov An-24
The Antonov An-24 is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport designed and manufactured in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau from 1957.-Design and development:...
W, registration SP-LTD, named "Dunajec", took off from Okęcie airport, Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
for regional flight 703 to Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport
Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport
Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport is an international airport located in southeastern Poland, in Jasionka, a village from the center of the city of Rzeszów. It is the seventh-busiest airport in Poland, and has seasonal transatlantic connections....
. It had 25 passengers on board (including the famous radio presenter Tomasz Beksiński
Tomasz Beksinski
Tomasz Beksiński was a popular Polish radio presenter, music journalist and movie translator. He was the son of painter Zdzisław Beksiński. On 24 December 1999 he committed suicide.- Biography :...
) and four crew members. The captain was Kazimierz Rożek (with 30 years of experience) and the co-pilot was Waldemar Wolski. The emergency situation started about two minutes before the planned landing - at 10:25, when the plane was flying east to runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
27. According to officials - pilots turned on the anti-icing
Icing
Icing may refer to:* Atmospheric icing, occurs when water droplets freeze on objects they contact, very dangerous for aircraft* Aufeis, also called icing, a sheet-like mass of layered ice that forms from the freezing of successive flows of groundwater...
installation too late and, during approach, both engine
Engine
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert energy into useful mechanical motion. Heat engines, including internal combustion engines and external combustion engines burn a fuel to create heat which is then used to create motion...
s immediately shut down because of icing of the engine intakes. Just after that, Rożek and Wolski - knowing that they would not reach the airport, started an emergency descent
Descent (aircraft)
A descent during air travel is any portion where an aircraft decreases altitude, and is the opposite of an ascent or climb. Descents are an essential component of an approach to landing...
, which ended in a glade
Glade
-Geography:*Glade , open area in woodland, synonym for "clearing"**Glade skiing, skiing amongst treesPlaces in the United States*Glade, California, a former town in Lassen County*Glade, Kansas, a city in Phillips County...
.
Crash-landing and evacuation
The aircraft landed on a glade with much speed. It became airborneTakeoff
Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle goes from the ground to flying in the air.For horizontal takeoff aircraft this usually involves starting with a transition from moving along the ground on a runway. For balloons, helicopters and some specialized fixed-wing aircraft , no...
above a drainage ditch and crashed further on. In the moment of crash-landing, one person - a 69-year-old woman from Rzeszów
Rzeszów
Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...
- was killed. Within several seconds after the crash, two stewardess and two militia officers evacuated
Emergency evacuation
Emergency evacuation is the immediate and rapid movement of people away from the threat or actual occurrence of a hazard. Examples range from the small scale evacuation of a building due to a bomb threat or fire to the large scale evacuation of a district because of a flood, bombardment or...
all passengers from the aircraft, which quickly became ablaze.
Aftermath
The crash-landing has been the last 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 42ATR 42
-Civil operators:The largest operators of the ATR-42 are FedEx Express, Airlinair, TRIP Linhas Aéreas,and Mexico City-based Aeromar respectively. Number of aircraft as of 2010:Some 70 other airlines operate smaller numbers of the type....
and ATR 72
ATR 72
The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner built by the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR. ATR and Airbus are both built in Toulouse, and share resources and technology...
.
