Russian investigators have come to the early conclusion that the plane crash on Saturday April 3 that killed the Polish president, his wife, and 95 others was due to human error and not technical problems on the plane, reports the Star Tribune. The plane crashed during landing in the fog in Russia. There were no survivors including President Lech Kaczynski of Poland.
The president was traveling to honor Polish officers executed 70 years ago by Josef Stalin's secret police.
The pilot of the aircraft had been warned by air traffic controllers to land at a different airport because of the weather, but did not because it would have put the honoring ceremony behind schedule. The plane had made four attempts to land before the fifth and fatal attempt, which resulted in the crash. The pilots were also told of the bad weather conditions while still in the air away from the original landing site.
Russia and Ukraine declared a day of mourning on Monday.
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