LOT Polish Airlines crew decorated by President

The crew of LOT Polish Airlines flight No. LO 016, which made an emergency landing at Warsaw airport last week, were decorated with state honours today by the President of the Republic of Poland, Mr Bronis³aw Komorowski.

The ceremony, which took place in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, was attended by the crew members of Flight LO 016 and the airport service staff involved in the emergency landing.

Captain Tadeusz Wrona was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta,
First Officer Jerzy Szwarc and Chief Purser received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and every other member of the crew, the Gold Cross of Merit. The Order of Polonia is conferred for outstanding achievement and the Cross of Merit for actions above and beyond the call of normal duty and to the significant benefit of the State or its citizens.

I would like to congratulate the entire crew as they receive the President’s highest accolades, said Marcin Piróg, LOT’s CEO. We are all extraordinarily proud of the superb skills and training our pilots and flight attendants demonstrated during the landing – he added.

Last week, the crew of Flight LO 016 were awarded the company own highest honours, the LOT Polish Airlines Badge of Honour, 1st Class with three diamonds and the Badge of Honour 2nd and 3rd class.

The crew consisted of Captain Tadeusz Wrona, First Officer Jerzy Szwarc, Chief Purser Jerzy Konofalski and Flight Attendants Anna Michalak–Zawadzka, Wojciech Winiarski, Beata Sobczak, Grzegorz Pietrzyk, Magdalena Gortat, Wioletta Bugajska and Magdalena Olêdzka.

Source: LOT Polish Airlines