Polish report blames Russian errors for crash that killed President

A Polish report into the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others says Russian air traffic controllers gave incorrect landing instructions to pilots.

A Polish report into the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others says Russian air traffic controllers gave incorrect landing instructions to pilots.

The report also said that the airstrip where the plane crashed near Smolensk, Russia, was badly illuminated and that visibility was bad.

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