Poland hit by second Katyn tragedy

16th April 2010

Warsaw’s Presidential Palace has become the focal point of the nation’s grief

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It took five seconds to transform Poland from a country bustling with confidence into one wracked with grief on a scale not seen since the Second World War.

At some point on a nondescript Saturday morning on April 10, the aircraft carrying the president, his wife and 94 others clipped a tree with its left wing as it approached Smolensk airport in western Russia. Five seconds later, now devoid of one wing, it barrel rolled anti-clockwise, before slamming roof first into the ground.

As news of the accident broke in Poland, and one by one television channels interrupted their regular services, news readers struggled to contain their emotions as they realised the devastating blow the Smole ...

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