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Polish President Lech Kaczynski dies in plane crash in SW Russia

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An passenger plane en route from Warsaw to Smolensk on Saturday crashed during landing in heavy fog in southwest Russia, killing all passengers on board, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski.

An passenger plane en route from Warsaw to Smolensk on Saturday crashed during landing in heavy fog in southwest Russia, killing all passengers on board, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski.

According to a Russian Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin, there were 132 people on board the aircraft.

"On Saturday in the Pechorsk district of the Smolensk region, the Polish president's Tu-154 crashed during landing in heavy fog at Severny Airport. There were 132 people on board, including the president and his wife," Markin said.

He said the exact number of those killed on board the plane is being determined.

Earlier it was reported that 87 people were on board.

MOSCOW, April 10 (RIA Novosti) 

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