Polish President Killed In Plane Crash
A plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife from Warsaw has crashed on approach to Smolensk airport in western Russia, a Polish government official at the airport told Reuters on Saturday.
There were no survivors in the crash, said the regional governor of Smolensk where it happened.
Russian news agencies reported 87 people died in the crash, citing the Russian Emergencies Ministry. They said the plane was a Tupolev Tu-154.
The Polish central bank governor Slawomir Skrzypek was also on board the plane, the bank's press office told Reuters.
The crash occurred about 1.5 km from Smolensk airport in foggy conditions. "It clipped the tops of the trees, crashed down and broke into pieces," the governor of the Smolensk region, Sergei Antufiev, told Russia-24 television news network by telephone.
There were no survivors in the crash, said the regional governor of Smolensk where it happened.
Russian news agencies reported 87 people died in the crash, citing the Russian Emergencies Ministry. They said the plane was a Tupolev Tu-154.
The Polish central bank governor Slawomir Skrzypek was also on board the plane, the bank's press office told Reuters.
The crash occurred about 1.5 km from Smolensk airport in foggy conditions. "It clipped the tops of the trees, crashed down and broke into pieces," the governor of the Smolensk region, Sergei Antufiev, told Russia-24 television news network by telephone.
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