On 4 December 2003, a Polish Mi-8 helicopter operated by the 36th Special Aviation Regiment carrying Poland's Prime Minister Leszek Miller crashed near Piaseczno, just outside Warsaw.

The helicopter suffered extensive damage and was written off as a total loss, but despite the severity of the crash there were no fatalities.

Fourteen of the 15 people on board were injured, including Leszek Miller, who had two of his thoracic vertebrae broken.

In addition, during the flight an unusual thermal inversion occurred; the temperature rose with altitude, which the pilot could not have predicted.

Leszek Miller declared that if he had to fly again in a helicopter in difficult atmospheric conditions, he would choose Miłosz as his pilot.