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
aircraftType Tupolev Tu-154M
linked to: Tupolev Tu-154
alsoKnownAs 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash
Smolensk plane crash
category Aviation accidents and incidents in 2010
Aviation accidents and incidents in Russia
Disasters in Poland
Poland–Russia relations
causeCategory controlled flight into terrain
country Russia
date 2010-04-10
destinationAirport Smolensk North Airport
eventContext commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre
flightPurpose commemoration of the Katyn massacre
official state visit
investigatingBody Interstate Aviation Committee
Polish Committee for Investigation of National Aviation Accidents
memorializedBy Smolensk Cross in Warsaw
annual commemorations in Poland
near Smolensk
notableVictim Aleksander Szczygło
Andrzej Kremer
Anna Walentynowicz
Bishop Tadeusz Płoski
Franciszek Gągor
Janusz Kurtyka
Jerzy Szmajdziński
Lech Kaczyński
Maria Kaczyńska
Ryszard Kaczorowski
Sławomir Skrzypek
Władysław Stasiak
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
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
originAirport Warsaw Chopin Airport
originCity Warsaw
originCountry Poland
phaseOfFlight approach
politicalImpact major political crisis in Poland
tension in Polish–Russian relations
relatedTo Katyn massacre
site Smolensk North Airport
weatherCondition thick fog
year 2010

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Anna Walentynowicz victimOf Smolensk air disaster
Maria Kaczyńska causeOfDeath Smolensk air disaster
Smolensk air disaster alsoKnownAs Smolensk plane crash
linked to: Smolensk air disaster
Smolensk air disaster alsoKnownAs 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash
linked to: Smolensk air disaster
2010 Polish presidential election triggerEvent 2010 Smolensk air disaster
linked to: Smolensk air disaster