- Mirosławiec air disaster
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Mirosławiec air disaster 
A CASA C-295 of the Polish Air Force similar to the accident aircraft.Accident summary Date 23 January 2008 Type Pilot error Site Mirosławiec, Poland Passengers 16 Crew 4 Injuries 0 Fatalities 20 (all) Survivors 0 Aircraft type EADS CASA C-295 Operator Polish Air Force Tail number 019 Flight origin Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport, Poland Destination 12th Air Base, Mirosławiec, Poland 
State funeral of the crash victims
The Mirosławiec air accident occurred in Poland on 23 January 2008 when an EADS CASA C-295 military transport plane crashed as it approached the Mirosławiec runway, killing all passengers and crew. The Polish Air Force plane had been flying from Warsaw to the 12th Air Base in Mirosławiec, and the 20 victims included high-ranking air force officers.[1][2]
Although this was the first serious accident of a CASA C-295, after the accident all Polish C-295s were grounded until further notice.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]
The Polish defence minister Bogdan Klich dismissed five air force personnel after the accident investigation concluded that multiple failings contributed to the crash.[6]
Notes
- ^ news.bbc.co.uk, Polish army plane in fatal crash
- ^ Katastrofa samolotu wojskowego na Pomorzu Zachodnim
- ^ "Poland grounds C-295 transports after 20 killed in crash". Flight Global. 25 January 2008. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/01/25/221101/poland-grounds-c-295-transports-after-20-killed-in-crash.html.
- ^ http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080123-0
- ^ 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
- ^ "Polish air force dismisses five personnel following C-295 crash report". Flight Global. 14 April 2008. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/04/14/222917/polish-air-force-dismisses-five-personnel-following-c-295-crash.html.
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