Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 NOV 1988 |
| Type: | Antonov 24B |
| Operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
| Registration: | SP-LTD |
| C/n / msn: | 67302209 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Engines: | 2 Ivchenko AI-24 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 25 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 29 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Rzeszów (Poland) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Warszawa-Okecie Airport (WAW/EPWA), Poland |
| Rzeszów Airport (RZE/EPRZ), Poland | |
| Flightnumber: | 703 |
Engine failure forced the crew to make an emergency landing on a field. The aircraft struck a ditch and caught fire.
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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 Rzeszów Airport as the crow flies is 238 km (149 miles).
Distance from Warszawa-Okecie Airport to Rzeszów Airport as the crow flies is 238 km (149 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.
