Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 NOV 1951 |
| Time: | ca 09:00 |
| Type: | Lisunov Li-2P |
| Operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
| Registration: | SP-LKA |
| C/n / msn: | 18438505 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | ca 16 km SE of Lódz Airport (LCJ) (Poland)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | L?dz-Lublinek Airport (LCJ/EPLL), Poland |
| Kraków-J. Paul II Balice International Airport (KRK/EPKK), Poland |
The Li-2 passenger plane arrived at Lódz, Poland after a flight from Szczecin. Because of engine problems the pilot elected to discontinue the next flight to Kraków. However, the pilot was supposedly forced to continue the flight by officers of the Polish Department of Security.
The airplane crashed shortly after takeoff.
Sources:
» Sprawa kapitana Buczkowskiego (Newsweek.pl, 2-8-2009)
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from L?dz-Lublinek Airport to Kraków-J. Paul II Balice International Airport as the crow flies is 183 km (115 miles).
Distance from L?dz-Lublinek Airport to Kraków-J. Paul II Balice International Airport as the crow flies is 183 km (115 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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