On 10 April 2010 , the President of the Republic of Poland , Lech Kaczyński , along with 89 other high-ranking Polish officials died in a plane crash near Smolensk , Russia . The president 's party was on their way to attend an annual service of commemoration for the victims of the Katyń massacre when the tragedy took place
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2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash
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