According to the letter, "rapprochement with the current Russian authorities is more important for the Polish government than determining the truth about the plane crash." The N1 values were, and at 200 m they indicated 32–33% N1. The crash occurred as the Tu-154 air force jet carrying a high-level Polish delegation attempted to land in fog at an airport near Smolensk, Russia. The crew did not disengage the autopilot, but the action of commanding maximum pitch up on the control column overpowered it, causing the pitch channel to disengage. was first sounded at 100 metres (328 ft) altitude and then repeated several times before the crash. Among the victims were the President of Poland Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria, the former President of Poland in exile Ryszard Kaczorowski, the chief of the Polish General Staff and other senior Polish military officers, the president of the National Bank of Poland, Polish Government officials, 18 members of the Polish Parliament, senior members of the Polish clergy and relatives of victims of the Katyn massacre. Illarionov was also one of the signatories of an open letter written by Russian dissidents, which voiced concerns about the conduct of the investigation. It was also reported that the voices of two non-crew members were heard in the cockpit during the period leading up to the crash. According to the Polish report, the radar was unstable and swung within ±10%. The Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder, both of Soviet design, were analyzed in Russia with the participation of Polish experts. Share. [3][needs update] At one point, the navigator is heard on the CVR saying "He'll go crazy", a possible reference to the President of Poland, had the crew chosen to divert. [30], Within hours of the crash, the President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, announced the establishment of a special commission for the investigation of the accident. Tap to unmute. Kaczynski paid tribute to his twin and other victims at monuments to the victims in Warsaw, at the exact moment that the plane crashed on April 10, 2010. 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. [15] Knowledge of the 2008 incident and its repercussions may have weighed on the crew of PLF 101, potentially placing additional pressure on them to complete their flight to the original destination. On Sunday, President Andrzej Duda sent a message of condolence to the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. [114] The casket remained there throughout the week, until Kaczynski and his wife were laid to rest at the Wawel Cathedral a full week after the crash, on 18 April. The cockpit crew consisted of pilot Captain Arkadiusz Protasiuk, co-pilot Major Robert Grzywna, navigator Lieutenant Artur Ziętek and flight engineer WO2 Andrzej Michalak. The Final Report would later determine that a go-around was technically possible from as low as 40 m, but that 200 m was the first of many times that the crew were required to go around, but did not. The work will be done by scientists based at the Forensic Explosives Laboratory at Fort Halstead, Kent. [184], On 30 October 2012, Polish magazine Rzeczpospolita reported that traces of explosives had been detected by investigators in the wreckage of the Tupolev, on the wings and in the cabin. [3], The ground visual navigation aids on 10 April 2010 were not effective. Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife died Saturday along with 130 others when their plane crashed while coming in for a landing in western Russia, officials said. All three Soloviev D-30KU-154 engines were within the service limits of 24,000 hours or 11,100 cycles. Since the FMS units are linked together, being able to read the memory of one meant the investigation was able to determine the actions performed by both units. However, they did not go around, and continued the descent. This is not standard practice for a non-precision approach, as the radar altimeter does not take into account the contour of the terrain around the airport. [3] It would later be discovered that the FDR was partially defective and had occasional gaps in its data, but as the QAR managed to survive the crash, by synchronizing the data from the two units, a complete picture of flight data emerged. 2010 air crash near the city of Smolensk, Russia, Wreckage from the Tu-154 at the crash site, Aviation accidents and incidents in the Soviet Union and Russia, Polish comments on the draft of the final report, Polish parliamentary committee investigation, Smolensk disaster in film, theater, music and literature, Межгосударственный авиационный комитет (MAK), The destruction of the TU-154M wreckage in Smolensk. [27] The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, said that the bodies of those killed in the crash would be brought to Moscow for identification. [7] The crash happened 138 flight hours after the most recent overhaul.[8]. [3] The ground control personnel stated to PLF 101 that there were no conditions for landing. In the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) (Russian: Межгосударственный авиационный комитет (MAK)) oversees the use and management of civil aviation. [83] Within two weeks he was obliged to announce the date of the popular presidential election, to be held within a further 60 days on a weekend. Chairman of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov has expressed condolences. [19] Although the shafts are not mechanically connected, the speed of one spool can be calculated based on the speed of the other spool and atmospheric conditions. Deputy Minister of Culture Jarosław Sellin stated his absolute conviction that there were explosions on board the Tupolev and that the real causes of the presidential plane crash has not yet been established. [3], Complicating the situation was the increased workload on the captain. It was Poland’s … [71] Poland also published a final version of MAK report with changes performed by MAK in reaction for Polish comments highlighted (red color means changes of text, blue means text addition). NWO BS! "[129], As part of this thawing of relations, on 28 April 18 days after the crash, Russia's state Archive publicly published a number of previously secret files on the Katyn massacre on their website. Poland's government on Friday marked the 10th anniversary of the plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others by demanding that Russia return the wreckage of the plane. At the time of the crash, the airport was not equipped with an ICAO-compliant instrument landing system (ILS), the standard system used in most developed countries. Piloci chcieli wyprowadzić tupolewa! Pilot wydał komendę "odchodzimy"! [192] The Consul of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly designated a special investigation rapporteur who will carry out an inquiry on whether holding back the wreckage and other evidence material by the Russians is justified. [44] The Captain had landed in Smolensk three days before the crash, when he was part of the crew bringing Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to the 7 April ceremony, and at the time no communication problems with ground control were reported. "The experiment confirmed that during approaches in conditions similar to the flight conditions of the T-154M ... with a similar flight profile with vertical speed of descent of 7–8 m/s ... the aircraft characteristics guaranteed safe go around from the height of 40 m (without taking into consideration the possible obstacles and terrain along the flight path). "[63], Expert commentators have noted that the flight navigator, who was listing the altitude readings on the transcript, was referring to the radar altimeter (which gives height above ground) rather than the pressure altimeter (which would provide the height relative to the level of the runway). [3], The airport's traffic control communicated with the pilots in Russian, and one of the controllers claimed the Polish crew had problems communicating in this language. It was first sounded 18 seconds before hitting the tree and the crew attempted to abort landing 13 seconds later. Info. [3] Protasiuk had 3,531 flight hours, including 2,906 hours on the Tu-154. The committee is headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Two seconds before the "level" command, the aircraft commander made the decision to go around. If this happens, the first officer is supposed to overrule the captain, take control of the airplane, and initiate a go-around. Preliminary results of the investigations were to be released on the Thursday after the crash (including the cockpit voice recordings), but this was postponed until after the weekend when the funeral of the Presidential couple was to take place,[40][42] then postponed indefinitely until the full analysis was completed. [197][198][199], In February 2016, Macierewicz announced the official reopening of the investigation, declaring that the previous inquiries were "riddled with mistakes" and reaffirming his belief that the aircraft disintegrated mid-air immediately before impacting the ground. PLF is the ICAO three-letter designator for the Polish Air Force used to identify the operator of an aircraft by air traffic control. A copy of the report was sent to the Polish authorities, who had 60 days to comment, after which the report was published on 12 January 2011. [80] New foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski announced that Poland would sue Russia in a human rights court over Moscow's withholding of the wreckage. [100], The first round of the election to elect President Kaczyński's successor was held on 20 June 2010. Radios were tuned to the two Non-Directional Beacons (NDBs) present at the field, and the autopilot was set up to use waypoints from the Flight Management System (FMS) units for navigation. [41] Polish investigators do not have the authority to conduct investigative actions by themselves, but they participated on equal terms with their Russian counterparts in the interviews with people involved and other parts of the investigation. The MAK report found the "immediate cause" of the accident was the failure of the crew to make a timely decision to proceed to an alternate airport despite being warned multiple times of the poor weather conditions at Smolensk. [179][180] The last (fourth) of these meetings was convened in November 2015 and its proceedings[181] (with summaries[182] and abstracts[183] in several languages) were published in 2016 (with a letter from the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda). [3] In a typical situation with an airport in the TAWS database, the "PULL UP" warning might not have sounded at this point. An official mourning was proclaimed in 18 countries other than Poland. on invitation from the Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin. Copy link. The Polish authorities found serious deficiencies in the organization and training of the Air Force unit involved, which was subsequently disbanded. A week of national mourning was declared in Poland. [87] [3] This is because jet engine throttle response is not linear; jet engines have to "spool up" in order to produce more thrust. Request for information about 13 recorders mounted in ATC, and data recorded (even corrupted) for analysis. Archbishop of Kraków Stanisław Dziwisz presided over the ceremony, and addressed President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev personally: "The sympathy and help we have received from Russian brothers has breathed new life into a hope for closer relations and reconciliation between our two Slavic nations". Doubts about proper work of radar display according to protocol from control flight. Poland says that original documentation about loading and weight measure was destroyed. [118], On 18 April, the couple's caskets were driven at a slow pace through the streets of Warsaw, passing the city hall and a museum dedicated to the 1944 Warsaw Uprising which Kaczyński favoured. [3] As the weather continued to worsen, the crew became increasingly aware of the extreme difficulty they would encounter in landing at Smolensk. [citation needed] A non-directional beacon (NDB) was installed at the airport,[4] but such a device is essentially a navigational aid, and can be used only for non-precision approaches, where it can guide the pilot to align with the runway, but offers no vertical guidance on how to descend towards the runway. [19] On PLF 101, the N2 values were not recorded by the flight data recorder (FDR). [6], After the nose hit, the aircraft was violently torn apart by impact forces. It has also created a deep sense of grievance that has shaped Polish political life since then. A public noon commemoration ceremony in Warsaw's Piłsudski Square was attended by more than 100,000 people on 17 April. Doubts about reliability of protocol after control flight which confirmed that light system (LUCZ-2MU) is working properly on Smolensk when MAK Final Report says it did not. In Polish discourse, there remained wider questions and unease about the potential causes of the crash. Russia dismissed his claims.[213]. Edmund Klich declined to speculate on whether the pilot had been placed under pressure to land, commenting, "Psychologists will have to assess the stress levels the pilots were subjected to. In February 2018, the commission presented their preliminary findings, repeating the earlier claims. [2][78][79], The Polish report also found three deficiencies regarding the Smolensk airport which contributed to the crash. 2:59. The crash devastated the upper echelons of Poland's political and military establishments. 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