http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8612825.stm
It's important to note that this is apparently not a terrorist attack.
The details are still being worked out, but it sounds like the plane included:
- Lech Kaczyński, President
- Maria Kaczyńska, First Lady
- Ryszard Kaczorowski, last President-in-exile
- Jerzy Szmajdziński, former Minister of Defence
- Aleksander Szczygło, chief of National Security Bureau
- Władysław Stasiak, former chief of the National Security Bureau
- Mariusz Mariusz, Secretary of State
- Andrzej Kremer, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs
- Gen. Franciszek Gągor, Chief of Staff
- Sławomir Skrzypek, President of the Polish National Bank
- Przemyslaw Gosiewski, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland
- and, apparently, the chiefs of every arm of the Armed Forces.
- and numerous other major political figures
This magnitude of a political loss must be devastating.