Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 APR 1969 |
| Time: | 16:08 |
| Type: | Antonov 24B |
| Operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
| Registration: | SP-LTF |
| C/n / msn: | 67302406 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 48 / Occupants: 48 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 53 / Occupants: 53 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Zawoja (Poland)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA), Poland |
| Kraków-J. Paul II Balice International Airport (KRK/EPKK), Poland | |
| Flightnumber: | 165 |
The Antonov struck Polica Mountain at an altitude of 1200m (150m below the summit) during a snowstorm.
Events:
Sources:
» Soviet Transports
» Tragedia lotnicza na Policy
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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 Warszawa-Okecie Airport to Kraków-J. Paul II Balice International Airport as the crow flies is 245 km (153 miles).
Distance from Warszawa-Okecie Airport to Kraków-J. Paul II Balice International Airport as the crow flies is 245 km (153 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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