Polish President and Army Chief of Staff dead

[Jan Klimkowski]

It doesn't look very foggy to me, slightly, not heavy thick.

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Helen - thanks for that.

Decent quality modern cameras will lighten and brighten scenes, making them seem less foggy than they actually are. However, even allowing for that, I agree that the scene does not look particularly foggy.

In addition, the multiple fires burning confirm that the plane still had fuel.

If it was pure pilot error, then a top-notch military pilot entrusted with the safety of many of his country's VIPs had a catastrophic day at the office. I would say an unbelievably catastrophic day at the office.

The key questions are around whether the pilot's control of the aircraft was complete and intact. Even then, a top military pilot would expect to have a decent chance of getting a partially crippled plane down and on the ground.

To cause an aircraft flown by a top military pilot to crash, the loss of control probably needs to be fundamental.

As most likely happened with the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash at the Mull of Kintyre in which much of the British Northern Ireland intelligence cabal died.