Polish president Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria have been killed after their plane crashed on approach to Smolensk airport in western Russia.Sad day for the Polish people. You can read the rest of the story at the link.
There were conflicting reports today of the number of people on board the flight. Russian news agencies reported at least 88 people died in the crash near Smolensk airport in western Russia, citing the Russian Emergencies Ministry. They reported 132 people were aboard the Tupolev Tu-154.
But Polish officials said 88 people were on board when the plane crashed. Sky News reported 96 dead.
Pilot error has been blamed for the tragedy after it emerged he turned down the opportunity to land at an alternative runway in thick fog. Witnesses said the pilot made three or four attempts to land before crashing into woodland nearby.
According to reports, the pilot accelerated as the plane came in to land and at that point lost contact with air traffic control.
As news of the tragedy spread, Prime Minister Donald Tusk called an extraordinary meeting of his Cabinet and the national flag was lowered to half-staff at the presidential palace, where people gathered to lay flowers and light candles.
Black ribbons appeared in some windows in the Polish capital.
It sounds like a classic case of "get-thereitis", a condition in which an ordinarily rational and careful pilot seems to forget his training and proceed into conditions that he can't handle.
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This was not just an ordinary plane crash. I would not blame Russia for making the plane go down. Instead look at the mossad/Israel and the Marxist Robin Hood in the white house.
Sorry, Ace, we don't do conspiracy theories here. This is not the work of the Mossad or Obama, but a pilot who made a series of poor choices and got himself into a fatal situation. Trying to make something out of it that isn't plausible is intellectually immature. There was no reason for the Mossad or Obama to care about the Polish president.
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