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Stone with a plaque commemorating the casualties of the “Tadeusz Kościuszko” airplane crash

On May 9, 1987 PLL LOT Ił-62M "Tadeusz Kościuszko" airplane flying from Warsaw to New York crashed in Kabacki forest as a result of cabin decompression, loss of two engines and fire. The crash followed a few dozen minutes of...

Plaque commemorating the crash of “Tadeusz Kościuszko” airplane

Forest area located at the southern border of Warsaw — Stefan Starzyński's Las Kabacki — was a silent witness to the biggest plane crash in the history of Polish civil aviation.

Alley of the crew of “Tadeusz Kościuszko” airplane

Shortly after take-off Ił-62M SP-LBG "Tadeusz Kościuszko" airplane, flying over Warlubie with 183 people on board, encountered a technical failure. As a result of the explosion of engine number 2, also engine number 1 was damaged. The reason for the...

Zygmunta Pawlaczyka square

Zygmunt Pawlaczyk (1928–1987) — military pilot from 1951 and from 1955 a pilot of Polish airlines PLL LOT, captain of Ił-62M SP-LBG "Tadeusz Kościuszko" airplane which crashed on May 9, 1987 in Kabacki forest during an attempt to carry out...

St. Catherine of Alexandria Church — Plaques commemorating aviators

In St. Catherine of Alexandria parish in the district of Służew in Warsaw at Fosa 17 two plaques commemorating Polish aviators have been unveiled: