Polish President Kaczynski dies in a Tupolev-154 airliner crash

By | April 10th, 2010 | 8 comments

Polish President Kaczynski died in a Tupolev-154 airliner crash. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that the plane crashed in thick fog when landing. The airliner was en route from Warsaw to Smolensk, crashed 300 metres to 400 metres short of the runway of the Severny military airfield in Russia’s Smolensk region.

87 people are said to have died. The press secretary of the Polish Foreign Ministry Piotr Paszkowski had told reporters that President Lech Kaczynski of Poland was on board the plane. The Polish President was part of an official Polish delegation heading for Katyn to attend memorial events there.

Lech Kaczynski

Lech Kaczynski, Photo: Polish Presidential website

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has set up a government commission under Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to inquire into the disaster. Russian Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu is on his way to the crash site.

Story by: (FINN) Frontier India News Network on April 10, 2010. ( Email frontierindia@gmail.com to contact the author.)

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  2. Keir April 10th, 2010 6:33 am :

    The signs appear more and more worrying that the Russians were involved. From the Nazi-Russian pact and Katyn to the recent Russian and Belarusian war games near the Polish border, Russia has always considered Poland its own territory, lost in a time of weakness much as China threatens all over democratic Taiwan. The difference is that Russia shows no compunction about murdering its citizens abroad and backing its threats with violence (vide Georgia) and economic measures (closing oil pipelines). A Russian plane recently ‘repaired’ in a Russian factory? If it is simply a coincidence, through its actions Russia immediately comes under suspicion.
    My condolences to our Polish allies who have always supported us since breaking free from Russian control.
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  4. FERNANDO VASCONCELOS April 10th, 2010 8:48 am :

    Uma Tragédia. A Polônia, um país amigo do Brasil está de luto. Um presidente e vários membros de seu governo de forma trágica perderam suas vidas. Nossas condolências a todo povo Polonês. O Povo Brasileiro sente muito pela fatalidade. Fernando Vasconcelos, que recentemente esteve na Polônia em uma Missão do Governo de Goiás.

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