Polish air disaster

RUSSIAN INVESTIGATORS have confirmed that others in addition to the operating crew were in cockpit of the TU 154 which crashed at Smolensk on 10 April killing all on board including Poland's President Lech Kaczynski.  Russian officials said they had identified at least one person who was not a crew member as the plane descended in thick fog towards the airport and added that there was evidence that another passenger – or possibly passengers – was also present.  Indications are that Kaczynski may have personally contributed to the accident by insisting the pilots land, determined as he was to reach Smolensk to attend a memorial service on the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre.

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