The Polish delegation refused to transfer the fragments of the Kachinsky aircraft

The Russian and Polish authorities in negotiations in Moscow failed to achieve progress on the transfer of wreckage of the Polish President of Poland Lekh Kachinsky, who had broken near Smolensk in 2010, Interfax reports with reference to an informed source in the Russian capital.

“The position of Moscow is the same - the wreckage is material evidence in the aircraft collapse, and their fate can be resolved only after the investigation is completed,” the agency’s source said.

The delegation of the Prosecutor General of Poland, headed by Andrzej Seremet, Russian Prosecutor General, Yuri Chaika and the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, took part in two -day negotiations. The parties managed to agree on the transfer of the Polish side of the service weapon of presidential security officers who were on board the crashed airliner.

Earlier, on March 7, Russian and Polish specialists reported on the completion of the joint work to investigate the catastrophe of the Lekh Kachinsky aircraft. The TFR reported that the new examination did not reveal traces of the explosion on the wreckage of a broken aircraft.

The collapse of the Tu-154 aircraft of the former Polish President Lech Kachinsky occurred on April 10, 2010. The Polish delegation was sent to Smolensk to participate in mourning events in Katyn. Due to severe weather conditions, the aircraft could not land the first time. During the fourth spreading, the plane crashed. All 96 people on board died.

In January 2011, the MAC released the final report on the results of a technical investigation, according to which the crew’s decision was recognized as not to go to the reserve airfield, and the deficiencies in providing flights and preparation of pilots were recognized as the immediate reason for the crash. The Polish official side remained unhappy with the MAC report and stated that one of the reasons for the crash of the aircraft was the wrong instructions from the airport ground services.