Smolensk air disaster

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The Smolensk air disaster was a 2010 plane crash near Smolensk, Russia, that killed Polish President Lech Kaczyński and many high-ranking Polish officials en route to a World War II Katyn massacre commemoration.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aviation accident ⓘ
disaster ⓘ
aircraftManufacturer Tupolev ⓘ
aircraftType Tupolev Tu-154M ⓘ
linked to: Tupolev Tu-154
alsoKnownAs 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash ⓘ
Smolensk plane crash ⓘ
category Aviation accidents and incidents in 2010 ⓘ
Aviation accidents and incidents in Russia ⓘ
Disasters in Poland ⓘ
Poland–Russia relations ⓘ
causeCategory controlled flight into terrain ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
date 2010-04-10 ⓘ
destinationAirport Smolensk North Airport ⓘ
eventContext commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre ⓘ
flightPurpose commemoration of the Katyn massacre ⓘ
official state visit ⓘ
investigatingBody Interstate Aviation Committee ⓘ
Polish Committee for Investigation of National Aviation Accidents ⓘ
memorializedBy Smolensk Cross in Warsaw ⓘ
annual commemorations in Poland ⓘ
near Smolensk ⓘ
notableVictim Aleksander Szczygło ⓘ
Andrzej Kremer ⓘ
Anna Walentynowicz ⓘ
Bishop Tadeusz Płoski ⓘ
Franciszek Gągor ⓘ
Janusz Kurtyka ⓘ
Jerzy Szmajdziński ⓘ
Lech Kaczyński ⓘ
Maria Kaczyńska ⓘ
Ryszard Kaczorowski ⓘ
Sławomir Skrzypek ⓘ
Władysław Stasiak ⓘ
notableVictimRole Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces ⓘ
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland ⓘ
Deputy Speaker of the Sejm ⓘ
Field Bishop of the Polish Army ⓘ
First Lady of Poland ⓘ
Head of the Chancellery of the President of Poland ⓘ
Head of the National Security Bureau of Poland ⓘ
President of Poland ⓘ
President of the Institute of National Remembrance ⓘ
President of the National Bank of Poland ⓘ
Solidarity activist ⓘ
last President of Poland-in-exile ⓘ
numberOfCrew 8 ⓘ
numberOfFatalities 96 ⓘ
numberOfPassengers 88 ⓘ
numberOfPeopleOnBoard 96 ⓘ
numberOfSurvivors 0 ⓘ
operator Polish Air Force ⓘ
originAirport Warsaw Chopin Airport ⓘ
originCity Warsaw ⓘ
originCountry Poland ⓘ
phaseOfFlight approach ⓘ
politicalImpact major political crisis in Poland ⓘ
tension in Polish–Russian relations ⓘ
relatedTo Katyn massacre ⓘ
site Smolensk North Airport ⓘ
weatherCondition thick fog ⓘ
year 2010 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anna Walentynowicz → victimOf → Smolensk air disaster ⓘ
Maria Kaczyńska → causeOfDeath → Smolensk air disaster ⓘ
Smolensk air disaster → alsoKnownAs → Smolensk plane crash ⓘ
linked to: Smolensk air disaster
Smolensk air disaster → alsoKnownAs → 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash ⓘ
linked to: Smolensk air disaster
2010 Polish presidential election → triggerEvent → 2010 Smolensk air disaster ⓘ
linked to: Smolensk air disaster