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LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055

1980s in Warsaw1987 disasters in Poland1987 in PolandAccidents and incidents involving the Ilyushin Il-62Airliner accidents and incidents caused by in-flight fires
Airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failureAirliner accidents and incidents involving uncontained engine failureAviation accidents and incidents in 1987Aviation accidents and incidents in PolandLOT Polish Airlines accidents and incidentsMay 1987 events in Europe
Ilyushin Il 62M, LOT Polish Airlines Polskie Linie Lotnicze AN1253004
Ilyushin Il 62M, LOT Polish Airlines Polskie Linie Lotnicze AN1253004

LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Warsaw, Poland to New York City, the United States. In the late-morning hours of 9 May 1987, the Ilyushin Il-62M operating the flight crashed in the Kabaty Woods nature reserve on the outskirts of Warsaw around 56 minutes after departure. All 183 passengers and crew on board were killed in the crash, making it the deadliest accident involving an Ilyushin Il-62, and the deadliest aviation disaster in Polish history.The accident was determined to have been caused by the disintegration of an engine shaft due to faulty bearings. This led to a catastrophic failure of the two left engines and then an onboard fire, both of which eventually destroyed all flight-control systems.

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LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055
Działkowa, gmina Konstancin-Jeziorna

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02-888 gmina Konstancin-Jeziorna
Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
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Ilyushin Il 62M, LOT Polish Airlines Polskie Linie Lotnicze AN1253004
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