The Polish Railway Lines in social media informed about the different action. As stressed, utmost weather conditions have forced to get solutions seldom utilized in Poland. "A peculiar situation requires peculiar measures. In Warmia and Mazury, police Black Hawk entered the railway," the PKP PLK reported.
Black Hawk in action. Falling snow from the trees over the tracks
As explained, the chopper rotor was dropping snow lying on trees, which poses a serious threat to railway traffic. "Such ballast causes them to load, bend and frequently turn towards the railway tracks onto the traction network, and consequently terrace the line" - reads the release.
PLK points out that akin methods are besides utilized in another countries, including Austria. The chopper besides helps to monitor the site and identify sites requiring immediate intervention.
After the snowfall on the way is completed, the drezinas are to be released, and the railwaymen will begin to annoy the line. The aim of the action is to reconstruct the movement of trains on the Dzialdowo- Olsztyn line as shortly as possible, where the operation of warehouses has been stopped for safety reasons.
Donald Tusk: "Black Hawks in Service to People". I hit the PiS
The case was addressed by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who utilized the chance to force the political impound. "Police Black Hawks in Service to People. Where they belong. Not on picnics, not in polling spots," wrote the head of government on platform X.
The Prime Minister's entry is simply a clear mention to the situation from the time of the PiS regulation erstwhile police helicopters were utilized in the context of promotional or political events.
The loudest example took place in the summertime of 2023 during a military picnic close Ciechanov. “Thanks to the support of the Ministry of Interior and Administration and Minister Maciej Wąsik, the main attraction of the day will be the police chopper Black Hawk”, said Sońsk municipality mayor Jarosław Muchowski.
The device was indeed an attraction, but alternatively not as planned – it flew besides low over the gathered people and caught on the power lines that broke over the heads of the participants of the picnic. Fortunately, nobody was injured, but almost the full of Poland was talking about a curiosity incident.
Another loud example that Tusk may have had in head was the 2019 European Parliament election campaign. In Mark Opioła's place – the PiS candidate and then head of the peculiar Services Seym commission – a police Black Hawk chopper appeared with a prominent sign "Police". The case was then dealt with by the media and opposition politicians, demanding explanations from NIK and PKW.
