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According to the prosecutor Ireneusz Shelonga, air traffic controllers charged with “involuntary bringing to the crash.” Shelong noted that “in the event of bad weather, the Russian side was obliged to pass the Tu-154 to another airport,” – quoted prosecutor Wyborcza.
The prosecutor noted that the main cause of the disaster became crew actions. Pilots have gone on the reduction of aircraft below the minimum height for a touchdown, and did not give the command to care that circle. Shelong noted that in the absence of visibility of the crew did not have the right to decline to a height of less than 120 m. In addition, the crew did not have permission to fly on April 10.
Smolensk plane crash occurred April 10, 2010. It killed 96 people, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria Kaczynski number of prominent Polish politicians, members of the military command. They were sent to the ceremonies in connection with the 70th anniversary of the massacre of Polish officers in Katyn.
The investigation of the causes of the crash was engaged in International Aviation Committee (IAC). In January 2011, the IAC has published a report on the investigation into the crash, in which the main culprits of the incident called the pilots who refused to leave the alternate. The experts IAC concluded that the pilots were operating under pressure that they exerted on board Polish officials, in particular the Air Force Commander of Poland Andrzej Błasik.
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