LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 aviation accident by State Commission on Aircraft Accidents Investigation. The aircraft involved was a Boeing 767-35DER, registered SP-LPC, named "Poznań", serial number 28656. It was first delivered to LOT on 15 May 1997. The damage to the plane was so extensive that the airline chose not to make repairs. The aircraft was eventually scrapped in November 2013. LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 was scheduled to arrive at Warsaw Chopin Airport from Newark Liberty International Airport on 1 November 2011 at 13:35 CET. Technical difficulties were detected by Captain Tadeusz Wrona within 30 minutes after takeoff from Newark. The crew indicated
No. 1586 (Polish Special Duties) Flight special transport bombers. On 4 November 1943, Flight became No. 1586 (Polish Special Duties) Flight at RAF Derna Libya. It was still named locally by their ex 301 crews and Polish authorities as No. 301 Squadron Land of Pomerania. On 22 December 1943, the Polish flight was transferred to Campo Cassale near Brindisi, Italy, from where it flew above the occupied Europe with special duties. Missions flown by the flight included partisan supply drops and agent insertion. A special effort was undertaken to supply Polish insurgents after an outbreak of Warsaw Uprising in August 1944. Flights to central Poland were