Smolensk air disaster

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The Smolensk air disaster was a 2010 plane crash near Smolensk, Russia, that killed Polish President Lech Kaczyński and many high-ranking Polish officials en route to a World War II Katyn massacre commemoration.

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instanceOf aviation accident
disaster
aircraftManufacturer Tupolev NERFINISHED
aircraftType Tupolev Tu-154M NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash NERFINISHED
Smolensk plane crash NERFINISHED
category Aviation accidents and incidents in 2010
Aviation accidents and incidents in Russia
Disasters in Poland
Poland–Russia relations NERFINISHED
causeCategory controlled flight into terrain
country Russia
date 2010-04-10
destinationAirport Smolensk North Airport NERFINISHED
eventContext commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre
flightPurpose commemoration of the Katyn massacre
official state visit
investigatingBody Interstate Aviation Committee NERFINISHED
Polish Committee for Investigation of National Aviation Accidents NERFINISHED
memorializedBy Smolensk Cross in Warsaw NERFINISHED
annual commemorations in Poland
near Smolensk NERFINISHED
notableVictim Aleksander Szczygło NERFINISHED
Andrzej Kremer NERFINISHED
Anna Walentynowicz NERFINISHED
Bishop Tadeusz Płoski NERFINISHED
Franciszek Gągor NERFINISHED
Janusz Kurtyka NERFINISHED
Jerzy Szmajdziński NERFINISHED
Lech Kaczyński NERFINISHED
Maria Kaczyńska NERFINISHED
Ryszard Kaczorowski NERFINISHED
Sławomir Skrzypek NERFINISHED
Władysław Stasiak NERFINISHED
notableVictimRole Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
Deputy Speaker of the Sejm
Field Bishop of the Polish Army NERFINISHED
First Lady of Poland
Head of the Chancellery of the President of Poland
Head of the National Security Bureau of Poland
President of Poland
President of the Institute of National Remembrance
President of the National Bank of Poland
Solidarity activist
last President of Poland-in-exile
numberOfCrew 8
numberOfFatalities 96
numberOfPassengers 88
numberOfPeopleOnBoard 96
numberOfSurvivors 0
operator Polish Air Force NERFINISHED
originAirport Warsaw Chopin Airport NERFINISHED
originCity Warsaw NERFINISHED
originCountry Poland NERFINISHED
phaseOfFlight approach
politicalImpact major political crisis in Poland
tension in Polish–Russian relations
relatedTo Katyn massacre NERFINISHED
site Smolensk North Airport NERFINISHED
weatherCondition thick fog
year 2010

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Anna Walentynowicz victimOf Smolensk air disaster