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| Polish president's plane crashes, no survivors |
| 2010-04-10 |
| Poland' state news agency PAP says there are no survivors from the crash of a plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski today to the western Russian city of Smolensk. The report of deaths has not yet been officially confirmed by the Polish Foreign Ministry. Russian news agencies quote the Smolensk governor and emergency officials as saying 87 people were killed as the plane crashed while on approaching Smolensk airport for landing. The governor, Sergei Antufiev, said the plane "clipped the tops of the trees, crashed down and broke into pieces." Kaczynski had been expected for a memorial service in Katyn. Who's the veep? |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #1 No Veep there. The head of the government (PM) is Donald Tusk, who was not on the plane. As for president, Komorowski, Marshal of the Sejm (e.g. something like speaker of parliament), may be a temporary president before elections are held. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2010-04-10 10:03 |