Polaris Award

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The Polaris Award is the highest decoration associated with civil aviation, awarded by the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA) to airline crews in recognition for acts of exceptional airmanship, heroic action or a combination of these two attributes. In extraordinary cases, passengers may also obtain this award for their heroism. These awards are not made every year, but are presented at IFALPA's annual conference.

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Past awards

YearCaptainFirst OfficerOther flight crewIncidentCircumstances
1983Mr Donald W UsherMr Melvin E WindsorUnknown Air Florida Flight 90 Rescue helicopter crew
1984Captain Donald S CameronFO Claude OuimetUnknown Air Canada Flight 797 Cabin fire
1985Captain J GibsonFO G LintnerFE G Laurin Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 L188 Electra propeller loss, and flight controls jammed
1986Captain Hani GalalFO Imad MounibUnknown EgyptAir Flight 648 Hijack
1987Captain M TakahamaFO Y SasakiFE H Fukuda Japan Air Lines Flight 123 Decompression and loss of control
1989Captain R L SchornstheimerFO M L TompkinsUnknown Aloha Airlines Flight 243 Explosive decompression
1990Captain Alfred C Haynes FO William RecordsFE Dudley Dvorak, Captain Dennis E Fitch United Airlines Flight 232 Uncontained engine failure, total hydraulics and control failure
1991Captain Anatoly Grischenko Chernobyl disaster Helicopter pilot who hovered over the reactor to allow cement to be dropped onto it
1992Captain Stefan G. Rasmussen FO Ulf Cedermark Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 Dual engine failure after takeoff
FO Alastair Atchison British Airways Flight 5390 Windscreen failure
Captain W C QueryFO Q E Haynes Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2254 Mid-air collision
1993Captain C JustinianoHijack, two successful forced landings
1996Captain A Faria e MelloParaplegic, wheelchair pilot
Captain B DhellemmeFO Jean-Paul BorderieFE Alain Bossuat Air France Flight 8969 Hijack
1998Captain L AbateMr M Mekuria Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 Hijack, ditching
1999Captain U KhanFO M F QuerishiHijack
2000Captain N NagashimaFO Ka Koga All Nippon Airways Flight 61 Hijack
Captain J Yamauchi
Captain T Higuchi
Captain H Takagi
Captain H Nishikata
Captain Y IwaiMr D Sugama
2001Captain William HaganFO Richard WebbFO Phil Watson British Airways Flight 2069 BA 2069, attempted hijack by a paranoia panic attacked person
Captain Jason M DahlFO LeRoy Homer Jr. United Airlines Flight 93 9/11 attacks
Captain Victor SaraciniFO Michael Horrocks United Airlines Flight 175
Captain John Ogonowski FO Thomas McGuinness Jr. American Airlines Flight 11
Captain Charles Burlingame FO David Charlesbois American Airlines Flight 77
2005Captain Eric GennotteFO Steeve MichielsenFE Mario Rofail 2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident Loss of all hydraulics and controls
Captain I LyngmoFO K M Andresen Kato Air Flight 603Lightning strike, elevator control failure
Captain S M LianFO K M AndresenMr Odd Eriksen, Mr T Frantzen Kato Air Flight 605Attempted hijack
Captain J KurkaFO M Turk Austrian Airlines Fokker 70 dual engine failure
2008Captain T Arnold Nationwide Airlines Flight 723 Engine separated from aircraft
2009Captain D McMillanFO R Haverfield Eagle Airways Flight 2279 Attempted hijack
2010Captain J BartelsFO B WerninghausSO P Tabac Qantas Flight 30 Oxygen bottle explosion, rapid depressurisation
2011Captain Richard Champion de Crespigny FO M HicksSO M Johnson, Captain H Wubben, Captain David Evans Qantas Flight 32 Uncontained engine failure
2014Captain Malcolm WatersFO David Hayhoe Cathay Pacific Flight 780 Contaminated fuel leading to engine stuck at high thrust setting [1] [2]
2017 [3] Carlos Ferreira, Philip AndreDavid AbadAntonio López-Cerón, Brian Chouza, Daniel Fernández.Rescues of crews of MV Modern Express and Gure Uxua Helicopter rescues of shipwrecked crews.

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References

  1. ↑ Parry, Simon (2014-04-20). "Pilots reveal death-defying ordeal as engines failed on approach to Chek Lap Kok". Post Magazine.
  2. ↑ Channel, Smithsonian (2019-09-01). "Air Disasters: Deadly Descent (Full Episode)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2019-09-12.
  3. ↑ "La tripulación del helicóptero Pesca 2 recibe el "máximo reconocimiento" en el ámbito de la aviación civil". Europa Press Galicia. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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