Monday, April 12, 2010

Poland mourns over crashed plane victims



The body of Poland's President Lech Kaczynski perished in a Saturday plane crash near Smolensk has been transferred to Poland.

The death toll of the crashed Tu-154 flying from Moscow to Smolensk totaled 96 including 88 Polish officials and 8 crew members.

No survivors were reported.

Relatives of the passengers have arrived in Smolensk to recognise the bodies of the dead.

Poland has declared 7-day mourning for the crash.

Russian President Dmitri Medvedev also declared April 12 a mourning day in Russia in commemoration of the plane crash.

Remind that preliminary investigation has ruled out technical faults as the cause of the air crash.

Source: The Armenian News by A1+

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