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Polish Leader, 96 Others Dead in Russia Jet Crash
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Posted on 04/10/2010 10:39:12 AM PDT by traumer

The plane that crashed, killing Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders, ignored Russian air traffic control's instructions, officials said Saturday.

The presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 97.

Russian and Polish officials said there were no survivors on the 26-year-old Tupolev, which was taking the president, his wife and staff to events marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre in Katyn forest of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet secret police.

"The cause of the plane crash was apparently an error by the crew during the approach to landing," Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted an unnamed official in the Russian region of Smolensk, the area where the plane went down.

Authorities said they found Kaczynski's body and both black boxes at the site of the crash. related links

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Air Force Gen. Alexander Alyoshin confirmed that the pilot disregarded instructions to fly to another airfield.

"At a distance of 1.5 kilometers [0.9 miles] the air traffic control group discovered the crew had accelerated its downward descent and begun descending beneath its glide path," Alyoshin told Russian news agencies.

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To: stripes1776; GoodDay

Perfect way to send a message to Poland about Russian massacres by powerful Russian/Soviet forces.


21 posted on 04/10/2010 11:43:22 AM PDT by FrdmLvr ( 0bama: Our first AINO president)
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To: traumer
..."The cause of the plane crash was apparently an error by the crew during the approach to landing," Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted an unnamed official...

Riiight.

22 posted on 04/10/2010 11:46:16 AM PDT by FReepaholic (I'm in my head and can't get out.)
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To: traumer; Vendome

It’s absolutely insane to have all these very high ranking officials flying on the same plane. Most governments, and most corporations of any significant size, have clear policies in place prohibiting this sort of travel arrangement. Either Poland didn’t have such a policy, or they simply flouted it. Just insane.


23 posted on 04/10/2010 12:55:43 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: GovernmentShrinker
In front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw today:


24 posted on 04/10/2010 12:57:26 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: traumer
Jeebus, how stupid is that?
When I was in senior mgt many years ago, no more than 2 officers of the company were allowed to fly on the same flight for this very reason.
Having all those important people on the same flight was really dumb......
25 posted on 04/10/2010 1:11:49 PM PDT by Riodacat (Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.)
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To: traumer

who is that?


26 posted on 04/10/2010 3:19:03 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: Elle Bee
Aircraft also use GPS so the Russians could have adjusted the Wide Area Augmentation System to give a false reading.

but then other planes in the area would have noticed the changes.

27 posted on 04/10/2010 3:27:16 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: Elle Bee

Another thing to look at they should check the flight path and what altitude they supposed to been flying at. If say they supposed to have been flying at 30,000 feet and was actually at 28,000 feet then someone could have been tampering with their instruments.


28 posted on 04/10/2010 3:41:20 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: Steve Van Doorn
they would have cleared air space for a flight with a head of state aboard .... the altimeter reads the transmitted air pressure mark from the airfield upon approach ... wouldn't have affected them in the air

Just hit the signal for that flight and then put it right back

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29 posted on 04/10/2010 7:02:47 PM PDT by Elle Bee
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To: Elle Bee

Yes, they would also have a GPS on board which that could be altered to but other planes would be affected.


30 posted on 04/10/2010 8:16:08 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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