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He said he intended to award Mr. Wrona a national decoration.

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Tens of thousands of people have "liked" profiles of Mr. Wrona set up by admirers on the U.S. social-media site.

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Wrona said he is set to fly another LOT 767 to Hanoi, Vietnam, on Saturday.

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Video, photo: Reuters Veteran 54-year-old flier Tadeusz Wrona gently brought his Boeing 767 down, sliding its fuselage along a flame-retardant-coated runway on Tuesday after its hydraulics malfunctioned on a flight from Newark.

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Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, elected after his predecessor's death, commended Mr. Wrona on Tuesday, saying his actions showed that "in emergency situations, Poland proves itself."

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There was smoke, Mr. Wrona said at a news conference on Wednesday.

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O'Grady: This is a hit for Captain Wrona, the 54-year-old pilot of the Polish airliner, LOT, who did a perfect belly landing on the tarmac in Warsaw this week.

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Tadeusz Wrona managed to land the Boeing 767 on its belly after the plane's landing gear failed to deploy.

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Wrona and Szwartz and their crew were hailed as heroes by Polish president

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