Polish Pres.,Wife,other top officials dead in plane crash

Chimera · Postby **Chimera** » April 10th, 2010, 9:21 am

R.I.P.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/04/ ... sinessnews

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europ ... tml?hpt=T1

Postby **Greypatch** » April 10th, 2010, 9:28 am

fack..

Postby **Greypatch** » April 10th, 2010, 9:29 am

xtech wrote:Polish President Lech Kaczynski dies in a plane crash in western Russia, which claims the lives of at least 89 people including senior government officials the head of the National Security Office, the deputy parliament speaker, the deputy foreign minister . The entire top military brass, including the chief of defense, police and all the services, were on the plane.

The president, 60, an his men had been traveling to Russia for the 70th anniversary of the massacre of Polish prisoners of war in the village of Katyn. Some 20,000 Polish officers were executed there during World War II.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europ ... tml?hpt=T1

Chimera · Postby **Chimera** » April 10th, 2010, 9:33 am

On board were the army chief of staff, national bank president, deputy foreign minister, army chaplain, head of the National Security Office, deputy parliament speaker, civil rights commissioner and at least two presidential aides and three lawmakers, the Polish foreign ministry said.

Why were that much important people on one flight?

Postby **Greypatch** » April 10th, 2010, 9:38 am

smaller carbon footprint ?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8612888.stm

fuzz_174 · Postby **fuzz_174** » April 10th, 2010, 11:06 am

Thats pretty forked up

Maserati · Postby **Maserati** » April 10th, 2010, 12:01 pm

pioneer wrote:Nazi involvement?

Invasion

Zas · Postby **Zas** » April 10th, 2010, 12:09 pm

Antichrist from Poland incoming.

foss · Postby **foss** » April 10th, 2010, 1:02 pm

lola.308 wrote:ABA Trading LTD, I was thinking the same thing. So many important people on one flight? Set up? Poland is definitely headless at the moment. What the hell....Sad

Indeed, smells like a plot to get rid of the government

Postby **- Rovin's car audio -** » April 10th, 2010, 1:07 pm

its a wonder some of eh say as yet that they wished it was we govt it happened to ...

teems1 · Postby **teems1** » April 10th, 2010, 1:10 pm

lola.308 wrote:ABA Trading LTD, I was thinking the same thing. So many important people on one flight? Set up? Poland is definitely headless at the moment. What the hell....Sad

Headless for the moment.

There are protocols and succession hierarchies which would be followed to ensure there is a governing body.

foss · Postby **foss** » April 10th, 2010, 1:15 pm

(...Rovin...) wrote:its a wonder some of eh say as yet that they wished it was we govt it happened to ...

yuh want ppl get ban orrr (i good yes, next ting u know something happen and then ppl start getting pulled up for plotting murder)

200sx · Postby **200sx** » April 10th, 2010, 1:35 pm

we PM better don't use d JET :lol:

Olivia425 · Postby **Olivia425** » April 10th, 2010, 1:53 pm

I not too long read this story on the net. I'm in disbelief.

xtech · Postby **xtech** » April 10th, 2010, 2:33 pm

Greypatch wrote:
xtech wrote:Polish President Lech Kaczynski dies in a plane crash in western Russia, which claims the lives of at least 89 people including senior government officials the head of the National Security Office, the deputy parliament speaker, the deputy foreign minister . The entire top military brass, including the chief of defense, police and all the services, were on the plane.

The president, 60, an his men had been traveling to Russia for the 70th anniversary of the massacre of Polish prisoners of war in the village of Katyn. Some 20,000 Polish officers were executed there during World War II.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europ ... tml?hpt=T1

Parliament Speaker Bronislaw Komorowski took over as acting president and declared it "a time for national mourning."
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the country would hold two minutes of silence at midday Sunday for the victims. Russia has declared Monday as a day of mourning.

The plane received major refurbishing and repair in December 2009.
The work included rebuilding all of the engines,

"The plane has been in use very little since that major repair," Speaking openly,according to the general director of the company that performed the service. Alexei Gusev, the general director of Aviakor Factory, told CNN that we believe that this tragedy could not have been caused simply by equipment failure."