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Warsaw, Poland 14 April, 2010 - The Polish Newspaper Gazetta Wyborcza has published a satellite picture of the crash site at which Poland's President Lech Kaczynski lost his life.

In the top left corner there is just a cut from the larger picture. You may find an enlargeable copy of the picture in the link here. Picture of Polish crash site is at http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80269,7765667,Satelitarne_zdjecie_z_miejsca_katastrofy.htmlhttp://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80269,7765667,Satelitarne_zdjecie_z_miejsca_katastrofy.html Smolensk Airport

The picture shows a flight path that was not lined up with any runway.

If one looks at a satelite picture of the airport on Google Maps, it is quickly seen that the Polish plane was well to the left of the landing strip. And note the lack of trees in the approach path to the proper landing strip.

No information has been released yet as to why the Polish plane was where it was.

 

Update - 17 April, 2010

As more information is made public, the planes final flight path has been determined.

For a picture and analysis is at Smolensk Final Approach

 

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