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. The awards are presented every year at IFALPA's annual conference.
[edit] Past awards
| 1983 | Mr D W Usher | Mr M E Windsor | Air Florida Flight 90 | Rescue helicopter crew | |
| 1984 | Captain D S Cameron | FO C Quimet | Air Canada Flight 797 | Cabin fire | |
| 1985 | Captain J Gibson | FO G Lintner | FE G Laurin | Reeve Aleutian Airways | L188 Electra propeller loss, and flight controls jammed |
| 1986 | Captain H Galal | Mr E Mounib | EgyptAir Flight 648 | Hijack | |
| 1987 | Captain M Takahamo | FO Y Sasaki | FE H Fukuda | JAL 123 | Decompression, total control failure |
| 1989 | Captain R L Schornstheimer | FO M L Tompkins | Aloha Airlines Flight 243 | Explosive decompression | |
| 1990 | Captain A C Haynes | FO W Records | FE D Dvorak, Captain D Fitch | United Airlines Flight 232 | Uncontained engine failure, total hydraulics and control failure |
| 1991 | Captain A Grischenko | Chernobyl disaster | Helicopter pilot who hovered over the reactor to allow cement to be dropped onto it | ||
| 1992 | Captain G Rasmussen | FO U Cedermark | Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 | Dual engine failure after take off | |
| FO A Atchinson | British Airways Flight 5390 | Windscreen failure | |||
| Captain W C Query | FO Q E Haynes | Mid-air collision | |||
| 1993 | Captain C Justiniano | Hijack, two successful forced landings | |||
| 1996 | Captain A Faria e Mello | Paraplegic, wheelchair pilot | |||
| Captain B Dhellemme | FO J Borderie | FE A Bossuat | Air France Flight 8969 | Hijack | |
| 1998 | Captain L Abate | Mr M Mekuria | Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 | Hijack, ditching | |
| 1999 | Captain U Khan | FO M F Querishi | Hijack | ||
| 2000 | Captain N Nagashima | FO Ka Koga | All Nippon Airways Flight 61 | Hijack | |
| Captain J Yamauchi | |||||
| Captain T Higuchi | |||||
| Captain H Takagi | |||||
| Captain H Nishikata | |||||
| Captain Y Iwai | Mr D Sugama | ||||
| 2001 | Captain W Hagan | FO R Webb | FO P Watson | British Airways | BA 2069, attempted hijack |
| 2002 | Flight crews of United Airlines 93 and 175 | United Airlines Flight 93 | United Airlines Flight 175 | ||
| Flight crews of American Airlines 11 and 77 | American Airlines Flight 11 | American Airlines Flight 77 | |||
| 2005 | Captain E Gennotte | FO S Michielsen | FE M Rofail | 2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident | Loss of all hydraulics and controls |
| Captain I Lyngmo | FO K M Andresen | Kato Air | Lightning strike, elevator control failure | ||
| Captain S M Lian | FO K M Andresen | Mr Odd Eriksen, Mr T Frantzen | Kato Air | Attempted hijack | |
| Captain L Kurka | FO M Turk | Austrian Airlines | Fokker 70 dual engine failure | ||
| 2008 | Captain T Arnold | Nationwide Airlines | Engine separated from aircraft | ||
| 2009 | Captain D McMillan | FO R Haverfield | Eagle Airways Flight 2279 | Attempted hijack | |
| 2010 | Captain J Bartels | FO B Werninghaus | SO P Tabac | Qantas Flight 30 | Oxygen bottle explosion, rapid depressurisation |
| 2011 | Captain R de Crespigny | FO M Hicks | SO M Johnson, Captain H Wubben, Captain D Evans | Qantas Flight 32 | Uncontained engine failure |
