Arkadiusz Protasiuk

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Arkadiusz Protasiuk (born November 13, 1974 in Siedlce , Masovian Voivodeship , † April 10, 2010 in Smolensk , Russia ) was a Polish pilot and captain of the Polish Air Force with the rank of captain .

Life

In 1997 ended with honors Protasiuk the Polish Air Force Academy (Wyższa Szkoła Oficerska SIL Powietrznych) in Dęblin in the Lublin Region . In the same year he began his service with the 36th Special Squadron of Transport Aviation (36 Specjalny Pułk Lotnictwa Transportowego) , since 2009 he was crew commander there (Dowódca załogi) . Until his death, he had 3,521 flight hours, including 2,937 hours in the Tupolev Tu-154 M , graduated.

1999 was Protasiuk graduate of political science at the Faculty of Journalism and Political Science from the University of Warsaw . In 2003 he finished his postgraduate studies at the Technical Military Academy in Warsaw (Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna im. Jarosława Dąbrowskiego w Warszawie) in the field of European integration and national security .

Arkadiusz Protasiuk's tomb in February 2011

On April 10, 2010 Arkadiusz Protasiuk flew as a flight captain together with Robert Grzywna as the second pilot a Polish delegation led by President Lech Kaczyński , who wanted to visit the memorial in Russia on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre . During the approach to the destination Smolensk-Nord , there was thick fog and the plane crashed . Protasiuk was killed along with his crew and passengers - for the most part high-ranking representatives from Poland. The official final report of the international Russian Accident Investigation Commission gives Protasiuk the main blame for the disaster, since as the pilot in charge he was responsible for decisive flying errors during the approach. As an explanation of the errors, it is noted that he had to act in a situation of high psychological pressure, which was caused by unauthorized persons in the cockpit during the approach. It is also mentioned that Protasiuk was involved as copilot on a previous flight in which the pilot in command disregarded the president's direct instruction to land at an unsafe airfield.

Protasiuk was married and had two children. During his lifetime he was awarded the bronze medal for services to the defense of the country (Brązowy Medal Za zasługi dla obronności kraju) . Posthumously Protasiuk was promoted to major on April 15, 2010 and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski) on April 16, 2010 .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Alicja Renkiewicz: Latanie miał we krwi - Arkadiusz Protasiuk we wspomnieniach ("He had flies in his blood - Arkadiusz Protasiuk in memory") In Przegląd Olkuski on April 12, 2010. Accessed on January 13, 2011 (Polish)
  2. ^ Polish Air Force Siły Powietrzne : Piloci prezydenckiego Tu 154M ( Memento from April 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Lotniczapolska.pl: Załoga Tupolewa z 36 splt ( Memento of the original from April 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 20, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / lotniczapolska.pl
  4. ↑ Official Russian final report on the cause of the accident ( memento of the original from June 28, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 19, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mak.ru
  5. ↑ Kpt. Protasiuk miał lądować w Tbilisi . WPROST. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ Polish Ministry of Defense on April 15, 2010 Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowey ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 21, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / wp.mil.pl
  7. ↑ Biuro Prasowe Kancelarii Sejmu (Press Office of the Sejm): Komunikat No. 163 / VI kad. , accessed April 18, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Protasiuk, Arkadiusz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish pilot
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Siedlce
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 2010
Place of death Smolensk , Russia