Polish President plane crash kills 132 people - foul play?

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In what has been called "the worst tragedy in Poland’s post-war history", the World cries and prays for Poland after the stunning report of the crash of what has been described as an "aging" Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 jet aircraft in Smolensk, Russia, killing Poland's 60-year-old President Lech Kaczynski and 132 others (the Huffington Post entry reporting 96 is inaccurate), including dignitaries of the Polish establishment.

Ironically, the Times Online UK reports the trip was to "commemorate the Soviet massacre of Polish officers in the Katyn forest seven decades ago."

The video below talks about President Kaczynski, his style, and his legacy:



The commentator said that "Poland took a political hit" because so many high officials were killed. According to the video description, the Governor of Smolensk said that there were no survivors and "the aircraft clipped the tops of the trees, crashed down and broke into pieces."

The airplane was approaching Smolensk-North airport in Russia.

President Kaczynsky

Lech Aleksander Kaczyński, President of the Republic of Poland, was born on June 18, 1949. The President was an ally of the United States; President Obama said "Today's loss is devastating to Poland, to the United States, and to the world."

The reason for the crash, according to The Times Online UK, is that the pilot of the plane ignored warnings not to land in thick fog. The airplane's crew is described as "very experienced."

At this point, the "black boxes" that record critical flight data were just recovered from the crash and have not been analyzed.

President Lech Kaczynski did not have a great relationship with Russia.  Reportedly President  Kaczynski was attending the controversial event against the unofficial wishes of the Kremlin.

Stay tuned.