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Plane crash near Smolensk (9 photos + video)
The plane with Polish President Lech Kaczynski on board crashed near Smolensk, Russian Emergency Situations Ministry reported. As a result of the crash, according to preliminary data, killing all 132 people aboard.
The ministry noted that the Tu-154, flying from Poland to Smolensk, crashed at 10:56 MSK on approach. According to the ICPO, all on board were 132 people, including Polish President Kaczynski and his wife. The plane was landing in heavy fog.
The government of the Smolensk region said that the survivors of the plane crash there. It clarified that while landing Tu-154 touched the tops of the trees and hit the ground, then split and burst into flames.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland confirmed that President Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash near Smolensk. "Unfortunately, killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski, and the head of the Central Bank of Poland - he was also on board, - said a spokesman for the Polish Foreign Ministry Piotr Paszkowski. - The Polish government is going to an emergency meeting, "RBC-TV.
The investigation is considering different versions of the crash including technical problems or human error as a result of adverse weather conditions. Currently, investigators are looking for "black boxes" of the crashed airliner, decoding of which will determine the exact cause of the crash.
Kaczynski was flying to Smolensk today to visit the memorial "Katyn". There are ceremonies today in connection with the 70 th anniversary of the massacre of Polish officers. In addition to the Polish President and his wife, the celebrations at Katyn were flying head of the presidential office Wladyslaw Stasiak, chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army Frantisek Gongor Bishop Tadeusz Flat, director of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites Andrzej Pshevoznik, former defense minister and presidential candidate in Poland from the party "Democratic Left Alliance" Jerzy Szmajdzinski and other senior officials.
The ministry noted that the Tu-154, flying from Poland to Smolensk, crashed at 10:56 MSK on approach. According to the ICPO, all on board were 132 people, including Polish President Kaczynski and his wife. The plane was landing in heavy fog.
The government of the Smolensk region said that the survivors of the plane crash there. It clarified that while landing Tu-154 touched the tops of the trees and hit the ground, then split and burst into flames.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland confirmed that President Lech Kaczynski died in a plane crash near Smolensk. "Unfortunately, killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski, and the head of the Central Bank of Poland - he was also on board, - said a spokesman for the Polish Foreign Ministry Piotr Paszkowski. - The Polish government is going to an emergency meeting, "RBC-TV.
The investigation is considering different versions of the crash including technical problems or human error as a result of adverse weather conditions. Currently, investigators are looking for "black boxes" of the crashed airliner, decoding of which will determine the exact cause of the crash.
Kaczynski was flying to Smolensk today to visit the memorial "Katyn". There are ceremonies today in connection with the 70 th anniversary of the massacre of Polish officers. In addition to the Polish President and his wife, the celebrations at Katyn were flying head of the presidential office Wladyslaw Stasiak, chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army Frantisek Gongor Bishop Tadeusz Flat, director of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites Andrzej Pshevoznik, former defense minister and presidential candidate in Poland from the party "Democratic Left Alliance" Jerzy Szmajdzinski and other senior officials.
