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  • Russia launches investigation, pilot error is mooted

    04/10/2010 11:05:00 PM PDT · by theanchoragedailyruse · 35 replies · 879+ views
    France 24 ^ | April 11th, 2010 | afo
    AFP - Investigators scrambled on Sunday to determine if pilot error was to blame for the fiery crash of a Soviet-era airliner that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 96 others. The presidential party was en route to a memorial service for Poles massacred by Soviet troops in World War II when its Tupolev Tu-154 airliner crashed in thick fog while approaching Smolensk airport, in the west of Russia. The disaster sent Poland into shock.