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RIP: Lech Kaczynski (President of Poland)
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The Times article states that the TU-154 is "notoriously unsafe" but that is contradicted by the record:
On a note about the type of aircraft used, Paul Duffy, an expert on Russian aviation, stated in 2004 that in 28 crashes of the Tu-154 up to then, few were due to technical failure, and the hull-loss rate was normal for the number in service, the number of years it has been operated, and for the technology of the aircraft.[44]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Polish...-154_crash

It seems like a case of "get-there-itis" either on the part of the pilot of the aircraft or the President himself.
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Re: RIP: Lech Kaczynski (President of Poland) - by Don Kiyoti - 04-11-2010, 06:36 PM

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