LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165 LOT Polish Airlines Flight LO 165 crashed 2 April 1969 at 16:08 local time (UTC+1) while en route from Warsaw to Krakow Balice airport during a snowstorm. It crashed on the northern slope of Polica near Zawoja in southern Poland, hitting the mountain at an altitude of . The plane was an Antonov An-24 aircraft, with registration SP-LTF. All 53 people (47 passengers and 6 crew) on board were killed. There were three Americans and one London resident among the passengers, all others being Polish citizens. The official accident report, published in 1970, blamed the
Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops The Pastoral Letter of the Polish Bishops to their German Brothers (; ) was a pastoral letter sent on 18 November 1965 by Polish bishops of the Roman Catholic Church to their German counterparts. It was foremost an invitation to the 1000 Year Anniversary Celebrations of Poland's Christianization in 966. In this invitation letter the bishops asked for cooperation not only with Catholics but with Protestants as well. While recalling past and recent historical events, the bishops stretched out their hands in forgiveness and are asking for forgiveness. Here