That said; find it strange that the President of Poland and Heads of State - and top Military - are flying in; as are others no doubt, from Poland for what is a huge, National commemorative event; and the air traffic Controllers can only respond in Russian and broken English.
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. . . He said 'mainly we spoke Russian to the crew, partly bad English. Understanding was hard.'
The Polish pilots 'began to land without our permission' and 'did not report to us with their altitude data', he added.
Another controller Pavel Plyusnin confirmed the understanding was '50-50' as the plane approached its tragic end.
'It was hard to guess here if the pilot understood us properly,' said Col Muraviev. 'The language barrier did not help of course. I think it could have affected the result of this flight along with other circumstances
I think they have said more here, than they meant to. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1265482/Russia-engineered-air-crash-killed-President-Kaczynski-claims-Polish-MP.html#ixzz0kvIfTe2g 'Polish' flights; and the 'Controllers'
You need to consider that the President of Poland was known in the past to make the determination if a plane should procede or not and that against the pilots decision. Plus the fact it took four passes speaks volumes to the weather conditions. Clearly this was an accident and the black boes will reveal that further. It is very likely the piolet determined the flight path with a possibility the Pres. might have said to land and not go to the other airport. It is well documented that the ultimate decision is the pilots not the towers.