Polish president dies in air crash
A plane carrying Lech Kaczynski, the Polish president, has crashed near Smolensk airport in western Russia, killing all on board, Russian officials have reported. Polish officials said on Saturday that Kaczynski was supposed to be on board the flight with his wife, as well as Slawomir Skrzypek, the head of Poland's central bank, Andrzej Kremer, the deputy foreign minister and the army chief of staff. No officials have yet confirmed the Polish president's death. The Tupolev Tu-154 plane crashed about 1.5km from Smolensk airport in foggy conditions. Sergei Antufiev, the governor of the Smolensk region told official media there were no survivors from the crash. Google: Polish president's plane crashes in Russia; 87 die.