Polish President dead
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- lowimpakt0
what a head fuck for Poland. I wish the people well for the coming months/years.
Interesting discussions on the radio this morning about the Polish/Russian relations
- omgitsacamera0
Despite it's less than stellar rep in the media, the Tu-154 which crashed was completely overhauled months before, and it's not like it went through a lot of flights between then.
Three attempts + the fatal one in 500m visibility with no instrument guided approach, not going to turn out so well. The president got into a dispute with the pilot flying into Tbilisi during the war with Russia––they diverted to Azerbaijan, something similar may have happened on this ill-fated flight, but we won't know for sure until the cockpit voice recorder and data recorder transcripts are released.
The pilot in command of the plane has final authority whether to land––even above air traffic control. But as pointed out, having the president and the top brass onboard gives you a lot of pressure.
- georgesIII0
Its sad that everytime a plane crashes and I see debris scattered around for hundreds of meters, flight 93 comes in my mind.
- georgesIII0
thats even more fucked up because the entire commanding echelon is gone.
it's going to be dog eat dog now,
- ifeltdave0
this is pretty tragic to say the least.
- drgss0
yep theres a spare one
- Josev0
It wasn't only the President. This is terrible for the country.
From Yahoo News:
"The crash devastated the upper echelons of Poland's political and military establishments. On board were the army chief of staff, the navy chief commander, and heads of the air and land forces. Also killed were the national bank president, deputy foreign minister, army chaplain, head of the National Security Office, deputy parliament speaker, Olympic Committee head, civil rights commissioner and at least two presidential aides and three lawmakers, the Polish foreign ministry said."
- georgesIII0
- shoppeddbloc
- wich one is the one?benfal99
- the one in front,
the president is always in the front rowgeorgesIII
- benfal990
plane crashes are so dramatic
- drgss0
12. When flight dispatchers refused the plane to land in the thick fog, and redirected it to Moscow or Minsk, the polish president thought of it as an attempt to stop him from attending the ceremony, and ordered to land anyway. On the fourth landing attempt the plane struck the trees and smashed into pieces
- drgss0
11. Polish president wasnt expected or invited to the ceremony
- FredMcWoozy0
1. Polish president and state dignitaries are flying to russia to mourn the 1940 slaughter of over 20,000 Polish people in a Russia Forest (Kaytn Forest) by stallin
2. Poland finds oil reserves that will allow them to become independent of Russian Oil Pipe line
3. Polish President is Conservative and does not like Russia
4. Obama is in Russia as we speak signing a nuclear arms treaty
5. Zibignew Brzinski hates Russia and is a Polish Native - One of the Guys who groomed Obama
6. Central Banker, Conservative President, All Army Chiefs and Other Polish Politicians all dippose Russia - died in the plane. Govt brought to its knees
7. Poland Agrees last week to install US Missle Shield around its borders
8. Plane is Russia made, Crash on Russian soil, Russia controls crime scene
9. Poland was going to break away from the EU
10. Poland plane looses radio contact 16 mins before crash
- dog_opus0
Very sad. He was a decent leader in a pantheon of incompetent, corrupt elitist hacks.
- drgss0
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"The airport was closed because of thick fog (500m visibility) and the pilot was offered a choice of landing instead in either Moscow or Minsk, however he decided to continue with the original flight plan and the crash occurred on the fourth approach after three failed attempts. In 2008 the pilot of Kaczyński's plane was threatened to be dismissed when he refused to land the aircraft in Tbilisi"
- I am sure the pressure was the reason. He shouldn't have attempted to land.raf
- dibec0
raf +1
sad day indeed for Poles. All over the front pages. Even Drudge.
- CALLES0
was he kwel?