| A Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M carrying polish president Lech Kaczynski, has crashed on its fourth landing attempt in heavy fog at Smolensk Airport (LNX) in Russia. All 96 people on board were killed in the accident. Some archive footage of the aircraft is included at the end of this video. President Kaczynski, accompanied by distinguished guests including head of the Institute of National Remembrance Janusz Kurtyka, head of the Polish National Bank Slawomir Skrzypek and First Lady Maria Kaczynska were on their way to join war veterans this morning attending a 70th anniversary ceremony to the victims of the 1940 Katyn massacre. Many of Poland's political and military elite have lost their lives in the accident, including Polands the last president in exile Ryszard Kaczorowski, former defence minister Jerzy Szmajdzinski, head of the Presidential Chancellery Wladyslaw Stasiak, presidential spokesman Pawel Wypych, Secretary of State Mariusz Handzlik, head of the Law and Justice party in parliament Przemyslaw Gosiewski, MP Zbigniew Wassermann and Bishop Tadeusz Płoski. Flags flying outside the Presidential Palace in Warsaw have been lowered to half-mast. 10 апреля 2010 года самолёт Ту-154М с делегацией на борту управляемый польским экипажем из авиаотряда президента, выполнявший рейс из Варшавы в Смоленск потерпел крушение при заходе на посадку в густом тумане на военный аэродром «Смоленск-Северный». Целью визита неофициальной делегации было посещения катынского мемориала ... |
