Russia refuses radar tapes

8th January 2011

Polish officials have yet to receive a reply regarding the radar tapes

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New unofficial reports have suggested that the Tupolev Tu-154M presidential aircraft involved in the Smolensk disaster was not picked up on the airport radar, despite being only kilometres away.

The crash, which killed President Lech Kaczynski and the other 95 on board, has been the cause of much controversy, with many Polish officials unsatisfied with how the investigation has so far been handled. Russia’s refusal to hand over the radar tapes from the Siewiernyj tower has done little to help matters.

“As yet we have received no copy of these tapes, despite suggestions that we may be able to read them better using our machines in our labs,” said Edmund Klich of the Interstate Avi ...

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