The President and the First Lady are going to rest together

Lech and Maria Kaczyński are going to be buried together – said Jacek Sasin from the President’s Office. The funeral is going to take place not until bringing the bodies of all the victims.

The presidential Tu-154M: 5004 hours of flight and 1823 landings

- The presidential plane Tu-154M, which crashed on Saturday near Smoleńsk, had on its counter the total of 5004 hours of flight and 1823 landings – informed Alexey Gusiev, the head of the Awiakor air works in Samar, where the machine was subjected to a major overhaul in 2009.

The crash of the presidential plane in Smoleńsk

Due to dense fog, the government plane Tu-154 transporting the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński crashed. The President, accompanied by his wife and a number of guests were heading for ceremonies in Katyń.

The speaker of the Parliament Bronisław Komorowski:

There is a decision about the national mourning.

Wałęsa: The elite of our country is dead

This is the second calamity after Katyń. The elite of our country is dead – these are the words of the former President Lech Wałęsa in response to the news about the crash of the presidential plane.