Poland to publish correspondence pertaining to visit of deceased President to Smolensk
Poland was able to reconstruct e-mails concerning the planning of the visit of the late President, Lech Kaczynski, to Katyn. These materials will now be published, the Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, said.
In September he indicated that this information would be published in a few days, however, just before the publishing date, he relayed on Polish radio that it would be delayed due to the appearance of new documents.
"At the time, there were only paper documents found in the archives, a variety of notes and documentation. It turned out that we can also recreate the email correspondence. Previously, it seemed unlikely. It is not hundreds, but thousands of letters, during this period that have to be studied in detail. We expect a tedious process that requires patience and perseverance," the diplomat said.
The Tu-154 plane of the Polish President, Lech Kaczynski, crashed while landing at the Russian Smolensk North Airport in 2010. There were 96 persons onboard: 88 passengers and 8 crew members arriving for the events in Katyn. They all died.
In 2011, the Interstate Aviation Committee issued a final report of the technical investigation, which indicated that the crash was not caused by crew errors, but from failures in the flight systems.
The new Polish Commission which investigated the circumstances of the accident near Smolensk, presented the first report on its work on the 15th of September. Experts said that the plane began to disintegrate in the air 900 m from the crash site and the last seconds of the recordings are missing from the register.