Plane Crash Kills 20 Polish Officers

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Plane Crash Kills 20 Polish Officers
Associated Press | January 24, 2008

WARSAW, Poland - A military plane carrying officers home from a flight-safety conference crashed in a forested area in northwestern Poland, killing all 20 people on board, the prime minister said Thursday.

The victims of the crash, which occurred as the plane was about to land Wednesday evening, included a brigadier-general and a colonel in what amounted to a "huge loss for the Polish air force," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

"Soldiers, husbands and fathers have died, and that is the most tragic result of this catastrophe," said Tusk, who had rushed to the site of the accident.

He said the victims "were returning to their units from a conference devoted ... to flight safety."

The plane carrying 16 passengers and four crew members was approaching an air force airstrip at Miroslawiec shortly after 7 p.m. (1800 GMT) when it crashed.


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