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Polish President Lech Kaczynski and gov officials die in a plane crash in Russia [686]
They were attempting to land at an airport that did not have the latest in landing technology , and they were trying to do it in bad weather...looks very much like an accident to me....!
The aircraft they were flying in was not the best machine around , but nor was it an old deathtrap , this aircraft has a safety record thats comparable with many others of its type and age....
There is no doubt , that the President of Poland should be travelling around in the most modern and safe aircraft there is , and this particular aircraft should have been replaced with something better , but maybe it would not have made any difference to this accident..?
One story i have heard suggests that the pilot was told repeatedly that he was below the glide path , in other words , he was trying to land on the runway before he reached the runway , and as a result hit some trees some distance from the runway...
The pilot may have been under some pressure not to screw up the presidents schedule by diverting to another safer airport , but in all cases involving the safety of the aircraft , the pilot has the last say on this , no matter who is on board....
Unless they come up with some kind of technical failure , which i think is unlikely in this case , then its down to human error made in bad weather conditions....
