Mayday

Death of the President (Polish Air Force, Flight 101)

Aired Jan 27, 2013 · 1:00 PM ET · 45 min

On 10 April 2010, in heavy fog and low visibility, a Tupolev Tu-154M carrying the Polish president Lech Kaczyński, his wife Maria Kaczyńska and other top officials, failed to make the runway and crashed into a wooded area while on final approach to Smolensk North Airport. All 96 occupants on board perished.