April 10, 2010 – SMOLENSK, RUSSIA: A plane carrying Poland President Lech Kaczynski and his wife from Warsaw has crashed on approach to Smolensk airport in western Russia. The plane was carrying 87 passengers. According to Russian news agencies 87 people died in the crash, citing the Russian Emergencies Ministry. They said the plane was a Tupolev Tu-154.
The Polish official said there was no information yet about survivors. The crash occurred about 1.5 km from Smolensk airport in foggy conditions.
Source: Itar Tass (website under maintenance)