Friday, December 17, 2010

Poland Rips Russian Report on April Plane Crash; Polish Prime Minister Tusk: Report "Unacceptable"

A Russian report on last April's plane crash that killed the Polish president and much of the country's political and military elite is "unacceptable," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said today (December 17, 2010), according to the World News website.

The plane carrying Lech Kaczynski and 95 other top officials to a ceremony commemorating the Soviet massacre of Polish officers in Katyn crashed into woods on April 10 in Smolensk, Russia.

In the report, which was released today, Russian flight experts blamed the Polish pilot of the plane for the accident, because of his decision to approach the landing strip despite heavy fog and warnings by air traffic controllers.

In Poland, however, there has also been talk of alleged mistakes by the Russian airport personnel.

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