Smolensk air disaster

When

10 Apr 2010

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

54.82° N, 32.05° E

Description

2010 air crash near the city of Smolensk, Russia

Deaths

96

Injured

0

Cause

explosion, controlled flight into terrain

2010 aviation accident in Russia

On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating as Polish Air Force Flight PLF 101, crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. Among the victims were the president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, and a number of senior Polish military officers, Polish government officials, and members of the Polish clergy, as well as relatives of victims of the Katyn massacre.

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• Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, is among 96 killed when their airplane crashes near Smolensk, Russia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Polonya cumhurbaşkanı Lech Kaczyński, Rusya'nın Smolensk kenti yakınlarında uçağın düşmesi sonucu ölen 96 kişiden biri oldu”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Bei dem Flugunfall von Smolensk 2010 sterben der polnische Präsident Lech Kaczyński und zahlreiche polnische Politiker, Militärs und Würdenträger”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Dans la région de Smolensk en Russie, l'avion présidentiel polonais s'est écrasé avec le président Lech Kaczyński et son épouse Maria et 94 autres personnes à…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “произошла авиакатастрофа под Смоленском”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Rusia se estrella un avión Tupolev Tu-154, durante la maniobra de aterrizaje en la base aérea de Smolensk, falleciendo todos sus ocupantes, entre ellos el…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page