Two air force pilots killed when plane crashes on landing in bad weather

Two air force pilots were killed on Wednesday night in an accident at Powidz military airport in Wielkopolska. The two men died when the Su-22 in which they were flying crashed as they attempted a landing in bad weather. The pilot had made one previous effort to bring the plane down, but the navigator had decided at the last minute to abort it after he realized that the fighter had over-shot the runway and would not be able to land safely. The squadron commander ordered that another attempt be made, and it was then that the tragedy occurred. The armed forces prosecution service has launched an investigation into the accident, to discover who is to blame. In the mean time, the Air Force Chief of Staff has given orders that all flights by Su-22 fighters be suspended. (Zycie, p. 6) M.T.