LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 "Good night! Goodbye! Bye, we're dying!"). All 172 passengers and 11 crew died as the aircraft broke apart and crashed. After the crash of the Il-62 operating as LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007, the airline had started replacing its Ilyushin Il-62s with the more modernized Ilyushin Il-62M version. These had newer engines (Soloviev D-30 instead of Kuznetsov NK-8), but both of these turbofan engines shared the same critical point — low pressure turbine and engine shaft design and construction. According to the Polish investigatory commission, the cause of the crash was the disintegration of an engine shaft due to faulty
Wingo (airline) would fly under Copa Colombia’s call sign and codes, and would mostly take over Copa Colombia's routes, adding flights from Bogota and Medellin to Panama Pacifico airport. Copa said that Wingo would offer one class of seats and would charge for baggage, food and beverages, seat assignments, and priority boarding. Wingo commenced operations on 1 December 2016 with a flight from Bogotá to Cancún. Wingo served the following destinations as of March 2017: As of March 2017, Wingo used the following aircraft: Wingo (airline) Wingo is a low-cost airline within an airline brand owned by Copa Holdings, S.A.. Copa announced