Russia rejects Polish report on plane crash
A Russian led air crash investigation has angrily dismissed a Polish report saying confusing guidance by Russian air traffic controllers contributed to the 2010 crash of a Polish presidential plane. The chief of an Interstate Aviation Committee's panel that investigated the crash, Alexei Morozov, insisted at Tuesday's news conference that the controllers had given the crew precise guidance.
He also maintained that the airport's radar and lights were functioning normally, contrary to Polish investigators' assertions. Morozov and other Russian experts were responding to Friday's Polish government report that said confusing and erroneous guidance by Russian controllers at Smolensk airport had contributed to the April 2010 crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others. (AP)
