2008 Polish Air Force C-295 crash

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2008 aviation accident in Poland

2008 Polish Air Force C-295 crash
Accident
A Polish Air Force CASA C-295, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Date	23 January 2008 (2008-01-23)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain in poor weather conditions
Site	Mirosławiec, Poland 53°22′48″N 16°06′39″E / 53.38000°N 16.11083°E / 53.38000; 16.11083
Aircraft
Aircraft type	EADS CASA C-295
Operator	Polish Air Force
Registration	019
Flight origin	Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport, Poland]
Destination	12th Air Base, Mirosławiec, Poland
Occupants	20
Passengers	16
Crew	4
Fatalities	20
Survivors	0

On 23 January 2008, a Polish Air Force EADS CASA C-295 military transport plane, flying from Warsaw, crashed in Mirosławiec as it was attempting to land at the 12th Air Base, killing all 20 passengers and crew. The 20 victims on board included high-ranking Polish air force officers.

This was the first fatal accident involving a CASA C-295. Subsequently, all Polish C-295s were grounded until further notice. In the subsequent investigations the primary cause of the accident was determined to be an inadvertent loss of spatial and situational awareness by the aircraft crew during the landing approach in poor weather conditions, with a low cloud ceiling and little visibility. A number of secondary causes and contributing factors were also found by the investigation after the accident, including deficiencies in the air traffic controllers' skills and methods of directing and controlling the landing. Military experts had qualified it as "the safest plane of the Polish air force".

The Polish defence minister Bogdan Klich dismissed five air force personnel after the accident investigation concluded that multiple failings contributed to the crash.

Among the fatalities was Brig. Gen. Andrzej Andrzejewski, commander of an air brigade based in Świdwin.

Notes

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PROTOKÓŁ badania zdarzenia lotniczego nr 127/2008/2 – wypadku ciężkiego (katastrofy lotniczej) samolotu CASA C-295M numer 019, zaistniałego w 13 eskadrze lotnictwa transportowego z Krakowa, dnia 23 stycznia 2008 r., w środę., o godz. 19.07, w nocy IFR, Komisja Badania Wypadków Lotniczych Lotnictwa Państwowego, Warszawa, 20 marca 2008, pages 27-35
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2007 ◄ ► 2009

Aviation accidents and incidents in 2008 (2008)

Jan 4 Transaven Turbolet crashJan 12 Macedonian Armed Forces Mi-17 crashJan 17 British Airways Flight 38Jan 23 Polish Air Force C-295 crashFeb 8 Eagle Airways Flight 2279Feb 14 Belavia Flight 1834Feb 21 Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518Feb 23 Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accidentMar 30 Biggin Hill Cessna Citation crashApr 3 Blue Wing Airlines An-28 crashApr 11 Kata Air Transport Flight 007Apr 15 Hewa Bora Airways Flight 122May 25 Kalitta Air Flight 207May 26 Moskovia Airlines Flight 9675May 30 TACA Flight 390Jun 10 Sudan Airways Flight 109Jul 7 Centurion Air Cargo Flight 164Jul 21 Guam B-52 crashJul 25 Qantas Flight 30Jul 31 East Coast Jets Flight 81Aug 20 Spanair Flight 5022Aug 24 Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895Aug 24 Aéreo Ruta Maya crashAug 28 Sriwijaya Air Flight 062Aug 30 Conviasa Boeing 737 crashSep 14 Aeroflot Flight 821Sep 19 South Carolina Learjet 60 crashOct 7 Qantas Flight 72Oct 8 Yeti Airlines Flight 101Nov 4 Mexico City crashNov 10 Ryanair Flight 4102Nov 27 XL Airways Germany Flight 888TDec 8 San Diego F/A-18 crashDec 20 Continental Airlines Flight 1404

2007 ◄ ► 2009

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