Tadeusz Wrona (aviator)
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Tadeusz Wrona (2012)
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| Full name | Tadeusz Wrona |
| Born | April 16, 1954 Żywiec, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Spouse | Marzena Wrona |
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| Known for | Captain of LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16, which he successfully performed a belly landing of a Boeing 767 at the Chopin Airport in Warsaw, Poland. |
| Famous flights | LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 |
| Awards | Order of Polonia Restituta (Officer's Cross), FAI Gliding Commission diamond badge |
Tadeusz Wrona (born April 16, 1954[1][2] in Żywiec[3]) is a Polish pilot who successfully performed a belly landing of a Boeing 767 during LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16 at the Chopin Airport in Warsaw on November 1, 2011. None of the 231 passengers and crew was injured.[4]
Award
On November 7, 2011, Wrona was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta, Officer's Cross, one of Poland's highest decorations. His co-pilot, Jerzy Szwarc was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta, Knight's Cross.[5] The following week, Wrona was greeted as a hero when he visited a Polish and Slavic center in Brooklyn, New York.[6]
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 16
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A video of the landing was recorded and widely broadcast in the international media.[7] Wrona was described as a hero in Polish and International media[8][9][10] and by the Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski.[11] Komorowski spoke to Wrona shortly after the incident, and announced that state decorations were to be given out to Wrona and the rest of the flight crew.[10][11] In subsequent interviews Wrona downplayed his role in the event.[12] After the event internet fan websites, including Facebook, were established to celebrate his accomplishment, many of which included a pun on his name, "Fly like an eagle, land like a Crow" ("wrona", pronounced "vro-nah", means "crow" in Polish).[12]
He was compared to Chesley Sullenberger who successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, also without any serious injuries.[12][13] Sullenberger himself, in a CNN interview, congratulated Wrona and stated that this might have been the first emergency landing of its kind.[13]
Personal life
Wrona also holds a diamond badge for gliding awarded by the Aeroklub Ziemi Lubuskiej (Lubusz Land Air Club).[14] He is married to Marzena Wrona. They have two children; a daughter, Natalia Wrona, who is a five-time champion of Poland in eventing, in the junior category, and a son Mikołaj, who is a civilian pilot like his father.[15]
References
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