Search efforts resumed on Monday at the site of the airplane crash that killed the president of Poland.
Search efforts resumed on Monday at the site of the airplane crash that killed the president of Poland.
Rescuers are searching for documents and personal belongings of the victims.
The area where the largest fragments of the aircraft are found has been divided into blocks that are being searched.
The military airport where the plane crashed is guarded 24 hours a day.
Officials at the operations headquarters say they rule out theft of valuables from the site of the crash and that there is no need to search the police officers working there.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski’s Tu-154 crashed during landing near the Russian city of Smolensk on Saturday morning. According to preliminary information, the aircraft’s wing hit a tree in heavy fog. The aircraft was carrying 96 people including 88 passengers and the crew. The Polish president died in the crash, along with his wife and government officials. They were heading for Katyn to take part in the commemoration ceremony at the mass grave site of victims of political repressions. Photo: Search efforts at the site of the presidential jet crash.
Rescuers had extracted 87 bodies from under the wreckage of the jet by 3 p.m. on Monday.
A memorial stone has been installed on the site of the crash of Lech Kaczynski’s jet near Smolensk. A Smolensk government delegation visited the site of the tragedy on April 12.
Local residents bring flowers and wreaths.
The first candles were brought to the Smolensk Severny airport on the day of the crash.
