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Decision not to land at reserve airfield caused Kaczynski crash - investigators

© RIA Novosti . Олег Минеев / Go to the mediabankLech Kaczynski's Tu-154 plane crashed in Smolensk
Lech Kaczynski's Tu-154 plane crashed in Smolensk - Sputnik International
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The main cause of the Polish Presidential plane crash that killed then Polish President Lech Kaczynski in April 2010 was the crew's decision not to land at a reserve airfield, the head of Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) Tatyana Anodina said on Wednesday.

The main cause of the Polish Presidential plane crash that killed then Polish President Lech Kaczynski in April 2010 was the crew's decision not to land at a reserve airfield, the head of Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) Tatyana Anodina said on Wednesday.

"During the flight, the Tu-154 jet's crew members repeatedly received information about the poor weather conditions at the destination airfield," Anodina said.

Anodina also said the crashed jet was in good working order.

MOSCOW, January 12 (RIA Novosti) 

 

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