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Ursus rail crash (Polish: Katastrofa kolejowa w Ursusie) was a rear-end train collision, that occurred at 6:20 a.m. on 20 August 1990 in Warsaw neighborhood (today district) of Ursus. 16 people were killed and 64 were injured. [3] To date, it is the worst railway accident in Poland after 1989. [4]
Listed below are the worst disasters in Poland's history, listed by death toll.This list excludes warfare, the Holocaust and intentional acts of destruction, but may include accidents in which the military, Polish or foreign, was involved (e.g. Osiecznica bus disaster - a collision between a Polish bus and a Soviet Army's truck).
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Warsaw to New York City.In the late-morning hours of 9 May 1987, the Ilyushin Il-62M operating the flight crashed in the Kabaty Woods nature reserve on the outskirts of Warsaw around 56 minutes after departure.
On 4 July 1989, a pilotless MiG-23 jet fighter of the Soviet Air Forces crashed into a house in Bellegem, near Kortrijk, Belgium, killing one person.The pilot had ejected over an hour earlier near Kołobrzeg, Poland, after experiencing technical problems, but the aircraft continued flying for around 900 km (600 mi) before running out of fuel and crashing into the ground.
The Friday the 13th mini-crash, or Black Friday, was a stock market crash that occurred on Friday, October 13, 1989. The crash was apparently caused by a reaction to a news story of the breakdown of a $6.75 billion leveraged buyout deal for UAL Corporation , the parent company of United Airlines .
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Pages in category "1989 in Poland" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. April Novelization; C.
Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash killing Polish President Lech Kaczyński: 2010: July 4: Bronisław Komorowski elected president. 2011: August 5: Suicide of Andrzej Lepper: 2011: October 9: Parliamentary election: 2012: March 3: A train crash near Szczekociny, Poland, kills 16 people. 2014: April 27: Canonization of Pope John Paul II: 2014: May 25 ...