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No survivors in crash of Polish president's plane

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-04-10 16:18

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Polish president died in air crash

Polish President Lech Kaczynski was killed in an air crash on Saturday in Russia, said a spokesman for the Smolensk region where the crash took place.

Polish govt to hold special meeting on plane crash

The Polish government will hold an extraordinary meeting later on Saturday, the government press office said in a statement, after the aircraft carrying the Polish president crashed in Smolensk and reports said there were no survivors.

The central bank governor was also on the plane, which Russian news agencies said 132 people on board.

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Russia: no survivors

The governor of a Russian region where a plane carrying Poland's president has crashed says there are no survivors.

Smolensk governor Sergei Anufriev made the statement to state news channel Rossiya-24 about an hour after the Saturday crash.

The Tu-154 plane crashed near the Smolensk airport, about 400 kilometers (275 miles) west of Moscow.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife were aboard the plane, according to the Polish foreign ministry.

PAP: no survivors in Polish president's air crash

There were no survivors in the crash of a plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski in Russia, Polish state news agency PAP reported, quoting local officials in Smolensk.

The Polish central bank governor Slawomir Skrzypek was also on board the plane, the bank's press office told Reuters.

Polish plane crashes in Russia, 87 dead

MOSCOW – Officials say a plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife has crashed in western Russia and that at least 87 people have been killed.