This article is about the flight that crashed in 1969. For the flight hijacked to escape from East Germany in 1978, see LOT Flight 165 hijacking.
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165
A LOT Antonov An-24, similar to the crashed aircraft
Accident
Date
2 April 1969
Summary
Bad weather and CFIT
Site
Near Zawoja, Poland 49°38′0″N19°38′0″E / 49.63333°N 19.63333°E / 49.63333; 19.63333
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Antonov An-24W
Operator
LOT Polish Airlines
Registration
SP-LTF
Flight origin
Warsaw
Destination
Krakow Balice airport
Passengers
47
Crew
6
Fatalities
53
Survivors
0
LOT Polish Airlines Flight LO 165 was an Antonov An-24 aircraft, registration SP-LTF, operating a scheduled passenger flight from Warsaw to Krakow Balice airport. It crashed into a mountain on 2 April 1969 at 16:08 local time (UTC+1) during a snowstorm. All 53 people on board were killed.
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