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At which airport did Lech Kaczyński's fatal crash occur?

  • Smolensk North

  • Warsaw Chopin

  • Kraków Balice

  • Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa

Answer

The fatal crash that claimed the life of Polish President Lech Kaczyński occurred at the Smolensk North Airport on April 10, 2010, near Smolensk, Russia. The Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft carrying Kaczyński and 95 others, mostly senior Polish officials and military leaders, crashed in heavy fog while attempting to land at the airport. The crash remains a subject of intense scrutiny, with ongoing debates and conspiracy theories surrounding its circumstances.
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