LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007
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LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 was an Ilyushin Il-62 that crashed near Okęcie Airport in Warsaw, Poland, on 14 March 1980, as the crew aborted a landing and attempted to go-around. All 87 crew and passengers died. It was caused by the disintegration of one of the turbine discs in one of the plane's engines, leading to uncontained engine failure. The turbine disc was later found to have manufacturing faults.[1]
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Date | 14 March 1980 (1980-03-14) |
Summary | Uncontained engine failure due to engine part with manufacturing fault, loss of flight controls |
Site | Near Warsaw Chopin Airport, Warsaw, Poland 52°11′06.5″N 20°56′46.3″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-62 |
Aircraft name | Mikołaj Kopernik |
Operator | LOT Polish Airlines |
Registration | SP-LAA |
Flight origin | John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York (JFK/KJFK) |
Destination | Warsaw Chopin Airport, Warsaw, Poland (WAW/EPWA) |
Occupants | 87 |
Passengers | 77 |
Crew | 10 |
Fatalities | 87 |
Survivors | 0 |
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