Monthly Archives: April 2010
There have been a number of reported incidents, some resulting in serious aviation tragedies, involving distracted pilots. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that regulates airlines are prodding the companies to take concrete steps that would ensure that pilots are not distracted by their computers, cell phones or other extraneous conversations, according to an article in USA Today (April 26, 2010). The FAA reportedly issued a notice to airline carriers calling for better internal rules and training regarding cockpit distractions and … Read more…
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Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife, staff and other passengers and crew died in a plane crash Saturday morning when trying to land in Russia. All 96 passengers abord the Tu-154 airplane were killed. A spokesperson for the Kaczynski administration said that the President’s plane dropped 300 to 400 meters short of the runway in a fourth attempt to land. The Tu-154 airplane reportedly burst into pieces as it hit the ground. The plane was carrying an official delegation of … Read more…
The Russian plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of Poland’s highest military and civilian leaders were heading to a memorial service marking the 70th anniversary of the Russian massacre of thousands of Polish officers in the Katyn forest. Many Polish people are now calling the area “a cursed place” for yet a second tragedy to occur surrounding it. Some of the people on board the plane of Saturday’s crash reportedly were relatives of those slain in the Katyn … Read more…
Polish people around the world are mourning the death of Poland’s President, Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash Saturday as the plane in which he and an official delegation headed to Russia crashed. Kaczynski along with his wife and some of the country’s highest military and civilian leaders died when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing, killing 97 people, according to reports. Among those on board included the army chief of staff, the … Read more…
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced that he is personally assuming charge of the investigation of the crash of a Russian-made plane that crashed carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of Poland’s highest military and civilian leaders. Putin flew Saturday with an entourage of Russian officials to meet Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to go to the crash site at Smolensk, Russia. The plane had flown in from Russia, about an hour and a half flight. Kaczynski’s twin … Read more…
Details are coming forth regarding the tragic plane crash involving the death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski. Officials are calling the loss “irreparable” in the tragedy that killed Kaczynski, his wife, and an official delegation of senior officials that included the chief of the armed forces general staff and central bank head. All passengers were killed aboard the Soviet-made three-engine plane. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk headed to Warsaw for an emergency meeting of the cabinet which is reportedly being … Read more…
