LOT Flight 7 - The Aircraft

The Aircraft

LOT initiated their transatlantic routes in the early 1970s, for which it decided to purchase the newly introduced Ilyushin Il-62. The aircraft which crashed was the first Il-62 LOT had purchased for this purpose, manufactured in 1971. As with all Ilyushins purchased, it was named after a famous Polish historical figure, in this case Nicolaus Copernicus ("Mikołaj Kopernik" in Polish).