Reinvestigate the Tu-154 Crash?
I am grateful that you found the crash of a Polish [Tupolev] Tu-154 worth an article (‘Clash of Motives’, February 2011). It is vital in light of demands expressed by some local politicians for a new investigation.
What looks to be a textbook example of a classic controlled flight into terrain, where violation of procedures led to the accident, is now gaining an increased number of supporters of a ridiculous assassination plot theory.
The political and historical background links the crash to the atrocities suffered by the Polish people at the hands of the Russians. Those circumstances cause the final report published by the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee to be considered false and rejected.
To stop the turmoil, sooner or later some independent international body will have to get involved to verify the findings. This is the only way all factors leading t…
