46 years ago
Crash of the “Kopernik”
On this day, near Okęcie airport, a LOT Polish Airlines Ilyushin Il-62 “Mikołaj Kopernik”, flying from New York to Warsaw, crashed. All aboard were killed – 77 passengers and 10 crew members. Among the victims were Polish singer Anna Jantar, American ethnomusicologist Alan Parkhurst Merriam, 22 members of the US amateur boxing team, and six members of delegations.
