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.

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LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007
Pawła Lipowczana, Warsaw Włochy (Warsaw)

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N 52.185138888889 °	E 20.946194444444 °

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Fort VI Twierdzy Warszawa "Okęcie"

Pawła Lipowczana
02-254 Warsaw, Włochy (Warsaw)
Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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