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A plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski crashed near the Smolensk airport in western Russia Saturday, killing all people on board, said Russian officals.

This TV grab taken on April 10, 2010 shows the crash site of a Tupolev Tu-154 plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski near the Smolensk airport in western Russia. The plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski crashed near the Smolensk airport Saturday, killing the president and all 96 people on board, said Russian officials.[Xinhua]

The Polish Foreign Ministry confirmed that the president and his wife were on the plane.

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The plane, a Tupolev Tu-154, was flying from Warsaw to the Russia city of Smolensk also carried the president's wife, the army chief of staff, Deputy Foreign Minsiter Andrzej Kremer and the central bank governor, said Polish Foreign Ministry spokesman Piotr Pszkowski.

There were no survivors in the plane.

There were altogether 96 people aboard the plane, Russian news agenices reported.

Photo shows the location of Smolensk Airport on the map. A plane carrying Polish President Lech Kaczynski crashed near Smolensk airport in western Russia on Saturday, killing 96 people. [Google Maps]