ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335735
| Date: | Thursday 15 November 1951 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Lisunov Li-2P |
| Owner/operator: | LOT Polskie Linie Lotnicze |
| Registration: | SP-LKA |
| MSN: | 18438505 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 16 km SE of Lódz Airport (LCJ) -
 Poland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Lódz-Lublinek Airport (LCJ/EPLL) |
| Kraków-Rakowice-Czyzyny Airport (EPKC) |
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)
Dziennik Polski 16 November 1951, p2
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