LOT Polish Airlines Flight 016
SP-LPC in 2005, 6 years before the accident.
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| Accident summary | |
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| Date | 1 November 2011 |
| Summary | Landing gear failure resulting in a belly landing |
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Warsaw Chopin Airport, Warsaw, Poland 52°09′56″N 20°58′02″E / 52.16556°N 20.96722°ECoordinates: 52°09′56″N 20°58′02″E / 52.16556°N 20.96722°E |
| Passengers | 220 |
| Crew | 11 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 0 |
| Survivors | 231 (all) |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 767-300ER |
| Aircraft name | Poznań |
| Operator | LOT Polish Airlines |
| Registration | SP-LPC |
| Flight origin | Newark Liberty International Airport, Newark, New Jersey, US |
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Warsaw Chopin Airport, Warsaw, Poland |
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 "Photograph of aircraft coming to rest". Aircraft-spotting.org. 1 November 2011.
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skrzydla.org photo 2
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Airliners.net photo
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 OKĘCIE LĄDOWANIE AWARYJNE POLISH AIRLINES LOT BOEING 767 EMERGENCY LANDING WARSAW (in Polish).
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rmf24.pl video 2
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Awaryjne Lądowanie – WARSZAWA 01.11.2011 Boeing 767 cz.4 (in Polish). 1 November 2011.
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Boeing 767 Newark-Warsaw Okecie LOT accident landing 01.11.11 (in Polish). 1 November 2011.
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LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 was a passenger flight which made an emergency landing at Warsaw Chopin Airport, Poland, on 1 November 2011 after its landing gear failed to extend. All 231 aboard survived without any significant injuries. The aircraft involved, a Boeing 767-300ER, was operating as LOT Polish Airlines' scheduled international service from Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, USA, to Warsaw. The preliminary report found that a hydraulic leak occurred shortly after takeoff, which resulted in a loss of all the hydraulic fluid that powered the primary landing gear system.
It was classified as an aviation accident by State Commission on Aircraft Accidents Investigation.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 767-35DER, registered SP-LPC, named Poznań, serial number 28656. It was first delivered to LOT on 15 May 1997. The damage to the plane was so extensive that the airline chose not to make repairs. The aircraft was scrapped in November 2013.
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 was scheduled to arrive at Warsaw Chopin Airport from Newark Liberty International Airport on 1 November 2011 at 13:35 CET. Technical difficulties were detected by Captain Tadeusz Wrona within 30 minutes after takeoff from Newark. The crew indicated that the center hydraulic system had malfunctioned. The decision was made to continue to Warsaw in order to use up the heavy load of fuel needed for the transatlantic flight. The aircraft proceeded to approach as normal, but aborted when the landing gear failed to deploy.
Captain Tadeusz Wrona, a thirty-year veteran pilot with twenty years of experience on the 767, and first officer Jerzy Szwarc informed Warsaw air traffic control (ATC) that they were unable to lower the landing gear due to a hydraulic system failure. The captain decided to circle the airport for over an hour, to consume excess fuel and to allow time for ground emergency services to prepare for the landing. Visual observation by two Polish Air Force F-16 fighter jets verified that none of the landing gear were down; attempts to lower the landing gear by alternative means failed.
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