The Polish President died in a plane crash

Polish President Lech Kaczynski (Lech Kaczynski) with his wife Mary and other members of the leadership of the country, died Saturday morning, April 10, at the time of the crash near Smolensk Russian Tu-154.


In a second European country was left without a President, and almost the entire political and military leadership.




The head of the Central Bank of Poland Slawomir of Skripek, Deputy foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer, the commander of the armed forces františek Hagar were on Board the presidential aircraft in the Polish delegation that flew to the ceremony in memory of the victims of Katyn.




In General, on Board the airplane were 97 people, 88 of whom were members of the official delegation.




None of the passengers and crew did not survive, according to Reuters.




With Polish President in a single plane was supposed to fly twin brother - Yaroslav. He is literally at the last moment cancelled a trip to Smolensk due to the illness of the mother. And place Jaroslaw Kaczynski in a plane took one of the deputies of the Sejm, which was included in the delegation on Friday night.




According to preliminary reports, the accident occurred in conditions of poor visibility due to dense fog. The crash occurred about two miles from the airfield.

The plane crashed while landing in plantations 300 metres from

runways.




A representative of the administration of Smolensk region Andrey Evseenko said that, according to preliminary data, the cause of the accident could be pilot error. Local officials say the plane hit trees during the landing.




The representative of the air traffic control service, who heard the talks with the pilot, said that he ignored the advice.




"The pilot was advised to fly to Moscow or Minsk because of the thick fog, but he decided to land. No one was supposed to land in this fog," he said on condition of anonymity.




Fedor Lagutin, a former military pilot, who was near the site of the crash, said that the pilot may not have realized how close to earth it was.




"I heard a sound, a sharp noise, and I was surprised that the sound of the engine sounded as if he was working at maximum speed. It should not be at landing. I think it means that the plane wanted to climb".




At the crash site and took off the head of the CRU, Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Ministry of transport Igor Levitin, Minister for emergency situations Sergei Shoigu and Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin.




Poland will hold early presidential elections after the death of Kaczynski, said the representative of the government of the country Paul Grasse.




"In accordance with the Constitution, we will have to hold early presidential elections. Currently, the speaker of the lower house of Parliament, Bronislaw Komorowski

automatically becomes... the acting President," said grace.




The date of new elections must be announced within two weeks, and the vote should be held within two months from the date of Declaration.




In Poland declared seven days of national mourning. Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the disaster "the

the tragic event of the postwar history of the country".

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