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Łódź Voivodeship (Łódzkie)

Crash of a Short SC.7 Skyvan 3M Variant 400 in Piotrków Trybunalski: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 3, 2022 at 1418 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
SP-HIP
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Piotrków Trybunalkski - Piotrków Trybunalkski
MSN:
1962
YOM:
1978
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was completing local skydiving flights out from Piotrków Trybunalski Airport located 45 km southeast from Łodz. After 20 skydivers have been dropped, the crew was returning to the airport when, on final approach, the airplane stalled and crashed in a field. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and both occupants were killed.

Crash of a Lisunov LI-2 in Tuszyn: 18 killed

Date & Time: Nov 15, 1951 at 0900 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
SP-LKA
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Łódź – Kraków
MSN:
18438505
YOM:
1943
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
15
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
18
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Łódź-Lublinek Airport, while climbing in foggy conditions, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located in Tuszyn, about 16 km southeast of Łódź Airport. All 18 occupants were killed, among them captain Marian Buczkowski. After landing in Łódź on a flight from Szczecin, the crew reported technical problems with the engines and renounced to fly to Kraków but was apparently forced to continue by officers of the Polish Department of Security.