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  2. Smolensk air disaster - Wikipedia

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    On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board.Among the victims were the president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, and his wife, Maria; the former president of Poland-in-exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski; the chief of the Polish General Staff and other senior Polish military officers; the ...

  3. Death and state funeral of Lech and Maria Kaczyński - Wikipedia

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    On 10 April 2010, a Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft crash landed near Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 passengers and crew. [1] Those killed include Kaczyński, and his wife; the chief of the Polish General Staff and other senior Polish military officers; the president of the National Bank of Poland; Poland's deputy foreign minister; Polish government officials; 12 members of the ...

  4. List of casualties of the Smolensk air disaster - Wikipedia

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    Among those killed in the crash of Flight 101 were Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife Maria Kaczyńska, former President-in-exile Ryszard Kaczorowski, Poland's highest-ranking military officers, lawmakers, heads of the Polish National Bank and other central institutions, presidential aides, bishops and priests of various denominations ...

  5. Panel: Russia behind Polish leader's plane crash

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    A Polish government special commission has reinforced its earlier allegations that the 2010 plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in Russia was the result of Moscow's ...

  6. Russian Report Blames Polish Pilots In Crash That Killed ...

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    Russia's final report on the April plane crash that killed Poland's president, his wife and 94 others, blames the Polish

  7. Władysław Sikorski's death controversy - Wikipedia

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    Polish aviation expert Jerzy Maryniaki created a simulation of the crash, in which he concluded that the plane must have been under control up until the very moment of the crash. [37] Kisielewski argues that the plane was likely under the control of the second pilot, who died in the crash. [2]

  8. List of heads of state and government who died in aviation ...

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    Last President of the Polish government-in-exile: 10 April 2010 Smolensk Russia: Airplane accident: Tupolev Tu-154 (1949–2024) Sebastián Piñera Echenique [9] former President of Chile: 6 February 2024 Lake Ranco Chile: Helicopter accident: Robinson R44

  9. 1943 Gibraltar Liberator AL523 crash - Wikipedia

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    On 4 July 1943, a Liberator II aircraft crashed off Gibraltar shortly after takeoff, killing all but one of the seventeen people on board. Among the victims were several senior Polish military leaders, including General Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.