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Originally Posted by Itse
The plane had attempted to land three times before crashing on the fourth attempt, so really the big question is, why did the pilot even try? There was essentially zero visibility at the airfield, other planes had already decided not to land and the air control had repeatedly told them not to attempt landing.
Why the pilot kept on trying to land is unknown, but it seems like a very reckless thing to do. As reckless as having so many important people on one plane in the first place.
Finnish newspapers today hinted that a propably cause for the crash was that the president had ordered the pilots to land. Had they not landed, the president would not have been there for the occasion, at least not on time.
He had pulled such a stunt before in a similar occasion, and gotten that pilot fired when he had refused.
There's no initial reason to suspect technical failures (the plane had recently gone through complete repairs) and the pilot was very experienced.
What ever the reason, my condolances for the Polish people.
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Yeah I've read the same thing, apparently the pilot did not want to land and the air control did not want them to land either. He received a direct order to land and this tragedy was the result...