Polish president and wife among ’88 confirmed dead’ as plane crashes in Russia

Polish president and wife among ’88 confirmed dead’ as plane crashes in Russia Pilot error blamed as witnesses report three or four attempts to land in thick fog Poland in mourning as Prime Minister calls emergency meeting Polish president Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria have been killed after their plane crashed on approach to […]

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Official: no survivors in Kaczynski plane crash

Official: no survivors in Kaczynski plane crash The governor of a Russian region where a plane carrying Poland’s president has crashed says there are no survivors. Smolensk governor Sergei Anufriev made the statement to state news channel Rossiya-24 about an hour after the Saturday crash. The Tu-154 plane crashed near the Smolensk airport, about 400 […]

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Polish President Lech Kaczynski dies in plane crash

Polish President Lech Kaczynski dies in plane crash President Lech Kaczynski and other senior Polish figures are among scores killed in a plane crash in Russia. Polish and Russian officials said no-one survived after the plane apparently hit trees as it approached Smolensk airport in thick fog. Poland’s army chief, central bank governor, MPs and […]

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