{"id":122327,"date":"2026-06-18T18:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/122327\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T18:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:36:12","slug":"trikrat-preletel-zeleznou-oponu-pri-poslednim-letu-opetoval-strelbu-na-ceskoslovenske-pohranicniky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/122327\/","title":{"rendered":"T\u0159ikr\u00e1t p\u0159elet\u011bl \u017eeleznou oponu. P\u0159i posledn\u00edm letu op\u011btoval st\u0159elbu na \u010deskoslovensk\u00e9 pohrani\u010dn\u00edky"},"content":{"rendered":"

V letech 1974\u00a0a\u00a01975\u00a0do\u0161lo na \u0160umav\u011b v\u00a0oblasti Lipna k\u00a0mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u011b odv\u00e1\u017en\u00e9 a\u00a0dramatick\u00e9 s\u00e9rii incident\u016f. Civiln\u00ed stroj pilotovan\u00fd americk\u00fdm veter\u00e1nem, kter\u00fd startoval z\u00a0N\u011bmecka, p\u0159el\u00e9tal p\u0159es rakousk\u00e9 \u00fazem\u00ed na \u00fazem\u00ed \u010cSSR, kde vyzved\u00e1val v\u00fdchodon\u011bmeck\u00e9 uprchl\u00edky.<\/p>\n

Hlavn\u00ed postavou t\u011bchto ud\u00e1lost\u00ed byl tehdy 34let\u00fd Barry Winslow Meeker, americk\u00fd elitn\u00ed pilot a\u00a0veter\u00e1n z\u00a0v\u00e1lky ve Vietnamu, kter\u00fd po v\u00e1lce pracoval v\u00a0Z\u00e1padn\u00edm N\u011bmecku jako pilot leteck\u00e9 z\u00e1chranky. Jak se k\u00a0p\u0159ev\u00e1d\u011bn\u00ed uprchl\u00edk\u016f p\u0159es vzdu\u0161nou hranici vlastn\u011b dostal?<\/p>\n

Na za\u010d\u00e1tku Barryho Meekera zkontaktoval z\u00e1padon\u011bmeck\u00fd advok\u00e1t Heinz Heidrich, kter\u00fd d\u0159\u00edve uprchl se svou milenkou z\u00a0NDR. Vymysleli pl\u00e1n, jak pomoc\u00ed vrtuln\u00edku dost\u00e1vat p\u0159es neprody\u0161n\u011b st\u0159e\u017eenou \u017eeleznou oponu ob\u010dany V\u00fdchodn\u00edho N\u011bmecka (mezi nimi byli i\u00a0Heidrichovi rodinn\u00ed p\u0159\u00edslu\u0161n\u00edci), kte\u0159\u00ed uv\u00edzli v\u00a0\u010ceskoslovensku. \u0160umavsk\u00e9 Lipno zvolili z\u00e1m\u011brn\u011b\u00a0\u2013 turist\u00e9 z\u00a0NDR se tam mohli leg\u00e1ln\u011b pohybovat a\u00a0b\u0159ehy p\u0159ehrady poskytovaly dobr\u00e9 orienta\u010dn\u00ed body i\u00a0m\u00edsta na p\u0159ist\u00e1n\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Meeker pak provedl s\u00a0vyp\u016fj\u010den\u00fdm vrtuln\u00edkem Bell 206\u00a0JetRanger z\u00a0Berl\u00edna celkem t\u0159i lety. L\u00e9tal extr\u00e9mn\u011b n\u00edzko nad zem\u00ed, \u010dasto jen n\u011bkolik metr\u016f, aby ho nezachytily \u010deskoslovensk\u00e9 radary.<\/p>\n

Prvn\u00ed p\u0159elet se uskute\u010dnil 17.\u00a0srpna 1974.\u00a0\u00a0Meeker \u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u011b p\u0159ist\u00e1l u\u00a0Lipna, nalo\u017eil Heidrichovu man\u017eelku a\u00a0syna a\u00a0bez sebemen\u0161\u00edch probl\u00e9m\u016f a\u00a0pov\u0161imnut\u00ed pohrani\u010dn\u00edk\u016f odlet\u011bl zp\u011bt na Z\u00e1pad.<\/p>\n

Dal\u0161\u00ed p\u0159elet n\u00e1sledoval p\u0159esn\u011b o\u00a0rok pozd\u011bji\u00a0\u2013 16.\u00a0srpna 1975.\u00a0Na smluven\u00e9m m\u00edst\u011b vyzvedl \u010dty\u0159i ob\u010dany NDR a\u00a0op\u011bt \u00fasp\u011b\u0161n\u011b unikl. \u010ceskoslovensk\u00e1 protivzdu\u0161n\u00e1 obrana sice zaznamenala hluk, ale ne\u017e sta\u010dila reagovat, byl vrtuln\u00edk pry\u010d.<\/p>\n

Pouh\u00e9 dva dny po druh\u00e9m \u00fasp\u011bchu (17.\u00a0srpna 1975) se Meeker vr\u00e1til pro dal\u0161\u00ed \u010dty\u0159i lidi k\u00a0Doln\u00ed Vltavici<\/a>. Tentokr\u00e1t se ale v\u0161echno zvrtlo. Uprchl\u00edci nebyli p\u0159esn\u011b na smluven\u00e9m m\u00edst\u011b a\u00a0pilot musel na louce \u010dekat zhruba dv\u011b minuty nam\u00edsto pl\u00e1novan\u00fdch deseti sekund. Hluk motoru zalarmoval \u010deskoslovensk\u00e9 voj\u00e1ky, kte\u0159\u00ed pouh\u00fdch 100\u00a0metr\u016f odtud shodou okolnost\u00ed stav\u011bli novou pozorovac\u00ed hl\u00e1sku. Kdy\u017e voj\u00e1ci uvid\u011bli vrtuln\u00edk a\u00a0b\u011b\u017e\u00edc\u00ed lidi, zah\u00e1jili na stroj ostrou palbu ze samopal\u016f.<\/p>\n

Jedna z\u00a0kulek zas\u00e1hla Barryho Meekera do lokte a\u00a0zad. Dal\u0161\u00ed st\u0159ely po\u0161kodily motor a\u00a0palivovou n\u00e1dr\u017e vrtuln\u00edku. Post\u0159elena do nohy byla i\u00a0mlad\u00e1 v\u00fdchodon\u011bmeck\u00e1 d\u00edvka. Meekerovi se v\u00a0\u0161oku a\u00a0s t\u011b\u017ek\u00fdm zran\u011bn\u00edm ruky poda\u0159ilo se strojem odlepit od zem\u011b. Na palubu stihl vz\u00edt dva mu\u017ee a\u00a0zran\u011bnou d\u00edvku. Jeho n\u011bmeck\u00fd asistent a\u00a0matka d\u00edvky na louce z\u016fstali a\u00a0byli \u010deskoslovenskou Pohrani\u010dn\u00ed str\u00e1\u017e\u00ed zat\u010deni.<\/p>\n

Meeker s\u00a0krv\u00e1cej\u00edc\u00edm zran\u011bn\u00edm a\u00a0unikaj\u00edc\u00edm palivem p\u0159elet\u011bl rakousk\u00e9 \u00fazem\u00ed a\u00a0nouzov\u011b p\u0159ist\u00e1l p\u0159\u00edmo u\u00a0nemocnice v\u00a0n\u011bmeck\u00e9m Traunsteinu. V\u00a0n\u00e1dr\u017ei mu zb\u00fdvalo palivo na posledn\u00edch 80\u00a0sekund letu.<\/p>\n

V komunistick\u00e9m \u010ceskoslovensku zp\u016fsobil incident obrovsk\u00fd skand\u00e1l. Rud\u00e9 pr\u00e1vo psalo o \u201ehanebn\u00e9m vrtuln\u00edkov\u00e9m pir\u00e1tstv\u00ed\u201c a\u00a0naru\u0161en\u00ed suverenity. P\u0159\u00edpad byl prezentov\u00e1n jako pe\u010dliv\u011b p\u0159ipraven\u00fd \u00fanos, noviny opakovaly, \u017ee os\u00e1dka vrtuln\u00edku ohro\u017eovala palbou okol\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Barry Meeker byl v\u00a0\u010ceskoslovensku v\u00a0nep\u0159\u00edtomnosti odsouzen k\u00a010\u00a0let\u016fm v\u011bzen\u00ed. Pozd\u011bji v\u00a0N\u011bmecku p\u0159i\u0161el o\u00a0pilotn\u00ed licenci kv\u016fli poru\u0161en\u00ed leteck\u00fdch p\u0159edpis\u016f.<\/p>\n

Celkem se mu v\u0161ak poda\u0159ilo zpoza \u017eelezn\u00e9 opony zachr\u00e1nit 11\u00a0lid\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Pozd\u011bji pracoval Barry Meeker jako komer\u010dn\u00ed pilot vrtuln\u00edku v\u00a0USA Jeho osud se naplnil 16.\u00a0dubna 1982\u00a0v\u00a0Oklahom\u011b v\u00a0USA, kdy p\u0159i rutinn\u00edm letu nep\u0159e\u017eil p\u00e1d vrtuln\u00edku kter\u00fd pilotoval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"V letech 1974\u00a0a\u00a01975\u00a0do\u0161lo na \u0160umav\u011b v\u00a0oblasti Lipna k\u00a0mimo\u0159\u00e1dn\u011b odv\u00e1\u017en\u00e9 a\u00a0dramatick\u00e9 s\u00e9rii incident\u016f. Civiln\u00ed stroj pilotovan\u00fd americk\u00fdm veter\u00e1nem, kter\u00fd…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[15],"tags":[8075,441,1704,11414,94,93,6206],"class_list":["post-122327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sport","tag-emigrace","tag-historie","tag-hranice","tag-pohranicnik","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-zelezna-opona"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@cz\/116772561472880721","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/cz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}