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April 10th, 2010 SIEVIERNY AIRPORT SMOLENSK, RUSSIA
- Guys, go to 12345. - OK.
Greetings.
Generally speaking, it's crap down here.
Visibility is about 400 metres. Looks like cloud base is below 5O metres.
A lot below.
Did you land already?
We managed to, but at the last moment. I'd say you can definitely try.
Two APIVIs and approach path was made. You can try.
If you can't, then reroute to Moscow. Or somewhere.
- Thats the Russian IL that was to land after us. - Did you see that?
Drop completed. Pm heading East.
Go ahead, permission granted.
Give me the phone.
I think something happened to our Tupolev.
No, we don't know yet.
Where's our plane?
- It flew off. - What do you mean, it flew off?
It's not true, not true! The people, we have to save them!
- Corsair, whafs going on with our plane? - Come and you'll see.
- Where do I find you? - You're right next to us.
What's going on? Where is our plane?
What have I done? it's the end for me...
- What did he say? - That they'll kill him.
Ifs Saturday, April 10th 2010, Nine A.M.
This morning, the Polish delegation led by the President, left for Smolensk
to honour Polish military officers murdered in Katyn, 70 years ago.
I'll be right back, don't miss the program.
I've just been informed that the telecast will be delayed due to adverse weather
which is affecting the plane's scheduled landing.
Here you go.
Listen! The Russians got Kaczynski!
What are you talking about?
At this point, the news has reached everyone.
I see people talking on phones, women crying, so we know this has been confirmed.
People are holding wreaths which they intended to lay at the monument,
together with the President.
How is that possible? The President?!
I heard they made four landing attempts.
We were to mourn those who died 7O years ago, murdered by Stalin, and now...
- We have to talk. - Not now.
Can't you see whafs going on? The President's plane crashed.
- Whds getting this story? - Everybody!
Did everyone die?
- Hello, come in. Please. - Hello.
- Is your mom home? - Yes.
Ma'am...
Yes?
I'm sorry, I don't know anything.
I just came to try and help somehow.
Please, please sit down.
So? Mom?
I keep calling his mobile,
could you listen?
It's busy.
Exactly. it's busy, and it rang a minute ago.
It's ringing now.
It's ringing, you see?
What are you doing?
- My job, I'm an accredited journalist. - Whatever, give me the camera.
Search him.
What gives you the right?
- Calm down! - What do you want my camera for?
Easy!
Room 119.
PARLIAMENT HOTEL, WARSAW
Gentlemen, do your thing.
Number 124.
Gentlemen,
bathroom, personal items.
What are you doing here?
Karol?
I'm the hotel manager. What's going on here?
Internal Security Agency Captain Bielawski. Please do not interfere.
All of us, all the Polish people,
have experienced a great tragedy.
One of the biggest in our nation's history.
The Presidential Couple have perished.
Heads of many important national institutions.
And members of Parliament.
Let's get to work. Cancel everything. I have you all to myself.
You always have.
Your Mom called.
Why, what happened?
Ninety six people died.
Isn't that enough?
- Mateusz! - Coming.
Interregnum.
Mom!
You called.
Now you know.
Let's roll.
I'll call.
Let's try to recreate the last moments of that tragic flight.
Ifs seven in the morning.
The President, his wife and the Polish delegation to the Katyn anniversary memorial
board the Tupolev presidential aircraft.
At 8, in thick fog, the plane nears Smolensk.
The pilot makes four attempts to land.
On the last attempt the plane rolls to the left.
The left Wing hits trees then impacts the ground, explosions occur,
first of the engine and then of the fuel tanks located in the wings of the aircraft.
We now know that not all information we received yesterday can be confirmed.
Some hours ago we were told that the plane attempted to land four times.
Now we know that it did so only twice.
But we will have to wait a couple of days for a complete report on the causes of the crash,
because parts of the aircraft are scattered over a large area.
Sorry, entry by invitation only.
- We' re with the TV network. - I'm sorry, you can't go in.
- We can't. - OK.
Look.
Here!
Your plane to Moscow is departing in an hour.
The identification of the remains may be a very difficult experience for you.
Of course, not all of you have to go.
Everything will follow strict procedures.
The remains
may be in very bad condition.
You don't know that.
I do know.
Perhaps I'll move on to handing out the visas.
No...
- What happened Ma'am? - I'm not going.
April 12th, 2010 MOSCOW, RUSSIA
Is this him?
Yes.
We need to determine if these items are your husbands.
Please answer the questions.
And who is this?
A priest.
Killed.
And this?
A man in uniform.
Also killed.
And who is this?
A woman.
Still alive.
April 13th, 2010 WARSAW
Excuse me.
- Hello, Dear! - Hi!
Hello.
Did you pay your respects to the Presidential Couple?
Well, we were shooting the whole queue.
- I asked if you paid your respects? - Mom, not now, please.
You didn't...
The funeral of the President and First Lady will take place on Sunday in Krakow.
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, Archbishop of Krakow announced this decision over an hour ago.
The funeral Mass will be held at St. Mary's Basilica
and Maria and Lech Kaczynski will be laid to rest at Wawel Cathedral in a crypt beside Polish kings
and Marshall Jozef Pilsudski.
Wawel for Kings! Not on Wawel!
Why not?
My grandpa also died in the East but he's not buried on Wawel.
Why are they burying him on Wawel? Was he a king, or a hero?
The little squirt!
He forced them to land, and they all died because of him.
How do you know? Who put that in your head?
- And do you know what happened? - I don't.
Who knowsl? Nothing is clear.
The President dies and so many people. And where? Under what circumstances?
And it's no big deal? Everything3 clear?
Beat it, old man!
You son of a bitch!
Not on Wawel! Wawel for Kings!
April 18th, 2010 WARSAW
MAIN SQUARE KRAKOW
Thank you!
I wish Poland and Poles, that Lech Kaczynski would cease to be
the President of this country as soon as possible.
Each day of his presidency is moving us closer to catastrophe,
whether internal or external.
Only this stuff.
Is this about the same man? Don't you have anything else?
We do, they'll arrive in a few hours.
- I've got a few... - Stop!
Let it end as soon as possible...
Just a minute, whafs going on here?
- I think its rather simple. - It is not simple, quite the opposite in fact.
Which is why I want to be sure that you understand what we are doing.
Yes?
What was the cause of the tragedy?
The pilots.
Yes, we already know that the disaster was caused by the pilots
who descended below 100 metres in the fog.
But, we need to determine who forced them to do that?
It's them.
Hello, I'm so sorry for your loss.
- Was your son afraid of this flight? - I have nothing to say. Please leave us in peace.
Did your son speak Russian well?
Listen,
OUI' SOH
was the most experienced pilot on the Tupolev.
He flew to Smolensk many times. And his Russian was excellent.
Come, don't talk to them.
We' ll be back.
Don't film here.
They need peace, at least in here.
Sure, we' re sorry.
I just need to make an appointment with someone.
Go ahead.
They didn't let us open the caskets.
But who didn't? The Russians or the Poles?
They also didn't permit Polish representatives to witness autopsies.
They said that they have already been performed.
They still won't return his belongings. How long must I wait?
Why didn't they permit us to open the caskets? I can't forgive myself...
But Madam Health Minister said that they did everything together.
Nothing is right here.
I don't even know who I buried.
I never got the autopsy report.
We have to keep at them, keep writing. Nobody will do it for us.
Can I have a word?
Yes?
I'm working on TV material about what happened.
Your husband was very close to the President.
- I'd really like to talk with you. - About what?
About the President, your husband, their work together.
This is whafs important to you?
Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven...
Give us this day our daily breed...
your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven...
Don't film my Mom.
...as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
It's not strong enough.
Close-ups of faces.
These people are immersed in their grief.
And because of this obsession, they are not only sad, but dangerous too.
They' re pathetic.
Pathetic.
And dangerous.
Can you show that?
Jesus is here, let's raise our arms...
Destroy the Presidential Palace because it's obscuring the cross!
Who's notjumping is for the cross, hop, hop, hop!
No cross no fun, hey, hey!
Well, it's even a bit funny.
But we'll show the crazy ones.
It's a real circus out there. I've never seen anything like it.
It's a happening. The kids can't take anymore wailing.
It's sacred vs. the profane. Like always.
- I know, we' re looking for powerful stuff. - Yes.
So pay attention:
the general was in the cockpit. Powerful?
Powerful stuff.
- He was standing behind the pilots. - How do you know.
My colleagues recognized his voice.
Give me their numbers.
Just don't waste this. I wouldn't want someone else to handle it.
Have you read the Russian cockpit transcripts?
They were my officers.
First they say they will do a go-around, and then they say nothing, they're silent.
Did they intend to land or not?
Descending to decision altitude is not landing.
It's descending to a height where you can make the decision to land or not.
If you can't, you must go-around - fly off.
They didn't want to land.
Did you recognize the generaFs voice in Moscow?
- I only recognized the crew's voices. - But your signature is on the proceedings.
When the generaFs voice was heard,
they said it's already been identified and for me not to bother with it.
Can I record this?
- I shouldn't be talking to you at all. - Why not?
We are not allowed to talk to the media.
Good morning.
Three white lights, please.
You're so early again.
I can have some time alone now.
Ma'am, please wait, just a few questions.
But you know everything.
The pilots are to blame. And my husband, who forced them to land.
We only want to tell the truth about the disaster.
And where did you get the information that my husband was in the cockpit?
He was very familiar with HEAD procedures. That it is forbidden to enter the cockpit.
He made those rules himself. Do you understand?
They have transcripts.
From who?
From the Russians.
Good day to you.
Keep rolling.
If! don't land, they w!!! kn'! me.
Strong words on board the presidential plane, spoken shortly before the crash,
according to a deciphered piece of the transcript record...
The boss isn't here.
Not now!
Excuse me.
I'm glad to meet you.
I wish you luck as this is a difficult subject. But I believe in you.
- I know him from somewhere. - You came to ask about what?
We have a treaty with Russia about jointly conducting military accident investigations.
Presidential flights are always military.
The Commander-in-Chief,
military pilots on a military plane flying from one military airport to another.
Even the flight number has a letter M in it - military.
So?
So, why was the Chicago Convention chosen? It applies to civil aviation.
This way, only the Russians investigate.
Colonel Morozov decided this with Colonel Klich.
That's all.
OK, I gotta run.
You can't leave me now.
- This is going to be very important. - They won't let us in with the camera.
Can't you just be here?
I have to go back, I have a recording soon. Are you coming?
I'll take the bus.
May I?
I brought them my shirt for my brother, but they didn't take it.
- How long did your questioning take? - In Moscow?
- Yes. - Seven hours. Like everyone.
What did they ask about?
Why my husband was going to Smolensk.
This tragedy may be a great opportunity for reconciliation for Poles and Russians.
We can come out of this grief more united.
Together. Stronger.
But it has long ceased to be only a post-catastrophic trauma.
Someone obviously doesn't want this reconciliation to happen.
They want us to brutally reject Russia's hand extended in friendship.
Yes, there are groups working hard to alienate Poles and Russians - more than ever before.
The polls clearly show that Poles want good relations with Russia.
Bravo. New generation.
You have a chance to be free from this chip on your shoulder.
Anti-Russian, anti-Slavic phobia has been destroying this country for four centuries.
The Russians don't really expect us to love them. They don't need our love.
We have to make a cool - headed calculation.
Who will we benefit more from?
And who will we lose more with?
Ready to go?
- The generaFs wife agreed to meet. - That's great, when?
- When she gets back from Rammstein. - Rammstein?
NATO's main base.
They are unveiling a plaque in honour of our general and they invited his wife.
- Damn, I'm busy Wednesday and Thursday. - I'll manage without the camera.
Mom!
Here, Mom!
Hi, I'm so happy to see you two.
- I'm completely dazed. - I parked around the corner.
- So how was it? - Wonderful!
- I didn't expect such a welcome. - Hello.
Hello.
- What's she doing here? - I don't know.
- Hello. - Hello.
They said he was a great commander.
One of the best in NATO.
That they are thankful for his professionalism, courage,
friendship.
My God.
Look how it all ended.
First
the CASA crash, the death of 2O of the best air-force officers.
They were my husband's students and friends.
All graduated from American universities.
And now those trained in Russia are coming back.
In Rammstein they said NATO could help with the crash investigation,
but the Polish government has to request it.
But the government commission is on it. And the prosecutor.
They' re on it?
Did they do DNA tests?
Examined the black boxes? The wreckage?
Doesn't it concern you that they sealed the caskets?
Why break into them?
Disturb the remains.
- I understand your pain... - No, you understand nothing.
I'm sorry.
I better go.
For instance, when we are on a computer, and someone is looking over our shoulder,
we feel uncomfortable, don? we?
And if we are piloting an airplane, and the commander, sent by the President,
is standing behind us, telling you to land so that you won't be late.
Your hand mind tremble a little, right?
And that was that.
Leak from the prosecutor's office. The general was hard on the pilots.
I want to follow this lead.
It's easiest to blame the crew.
Because the people responsible will not take the blame.
I stopped deluding myself that I will learn the real cause of the disaster.
Beseeching them for even the basic documents of our loved ones is pointless.
Despite their promising us something constantly.
Do you really believe
that the Russian report will explain why my son died?
There's nothing to talk about. Waste of time.
Are we on?
No?
Shouldn't the army defend its officers?
You are just turning some against the others.
I don't know what...
Yes, my husband valued this pilot very much.
He even rewarded him.
Some kind
of statement to the press, some kind of reaction.
You're keeping quiet.
Who gave me the right?
I'm his wife, and that means a lot.
Look, it's that generaFs wife.
Which one?
The one who ordered them to land.
Oh, the money, right.
Take care of yourself.
...the air force generals blood showed alcohol level of 0, 06%
as revealed by the medical investigation...
Didn't the pilots see the fog?
They did.
But they were afraid of him. He ordered them to land.
That's why they crashed.
Excuse me, what time is the Polish Prime Minister's conference?
There won't be one.
- So when will the Prime Minister comment on this? - He won't. He's skiing in the Dolomites.
Seems like a very strange situation to me.
What the hell, the general was drunk and we did not cover it first? Why?
I should be asking you this.
Your connections failed?
PARLIAMENT OF POLAND WARSAW
I consider the MAK Report
a shameful attempt to disgrace my husband's memory.
The theory about my husband's role in the crash is just a repetition
of a propaganda statement of the Russian authorities
formulated one hour after the crash.
In the available material there is no proof of alcohol in the general's blood.
Or proof of him exerting direct or indirect pressure on the pilots.
This flight
was very special to my husband.
He was to receive Holy Communion in the intention of our relative
- a policeman murdered in Tver.
It is therefore not possible that he had consumed alcohol.
My husband
felt that this was a momentous flight,
Which is why he personally reported readiness for take off to the President.
He was a man of honour,
and the Polish government
should defend its officers' dignity.
She's tough.
I protest against the apathy of the government.
That was very moving.
Did you know that
the wife of the Chief of Staff buried her husband three times?
Are you familiar with the new word partial-burial?
They brought her husband back in pieces.
Why didn't you go to Moscow for body identification?
My husband
identified the bodies after the CASA aircraft crash.
He told me
that their bodies looked horrible.
One night he woke up covered in sweat,
and do you know what his dream was about?
That he was in the crash himself and that he saw his own body ripped to pieces.
His subordinates were very afraid of your husband.
Who told you such a thing?
What did your husband say after that fracas in Georgia?
What fracas, you wrote it up this way.
It happened at the airport, not in the air.
The pilot who refused to fly to Tbilisi was even given a medal.
My husband met with the president regarding this,
and they both determined that on board a plane,
the captain has complete authority.
Did your husband drink a lot?
Do you really believe this crap?
I'm sorry...
- I told you before that I won't be interviewed. - Why not?
And what did your station say about the Georgia flight?
Did it happen differently?
It was completely different.
The President didn't storm the cockpit and demand that the plane land.
The the talks took place at the airport in Crimea.
And what did you make of it?
- What's there to talk about? - About what he was like.
- Were you afraid of him? - Afraid?
- You must be joking. - So why won't you talk to us?
Because you'll turn everything around again.
Good bye.
OK then. I will tell you something.
I owe him this much.
If we are to find the cause of what happened in Smolensk...
It all started on the 10th of August, 2008.
In the middle of the night,
the Ambassador of Georgia arrived at the Presidential Palace.
Good evening.
I have a message from my President.
The Russians have taken Gori.
Sixty km from Tbilisi.
And if they take the capital,
it will be the end of the war.
Is that all?
My President wanted you to be informed of this as soon as possible, Sir.
Please connect me with the presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine.
- Now? - Immediately.
We have to be in Tbilisi as soon as possible.
By Tuesday morning,
the three Presidents and the Latvian Prime Minister were on their way to Tbilisi.
They were joined by the President of Ukraine in Crimea.
For security reasons, they landed in Azerbaijan and then travelled cross-country by car.
By then, the French President was in Moscow,
August 12th, 2008 IN FRONT OF PARLIAMENT TBILISI, GEORGIA
We are here, the leaders of five countries:
Poland, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
We are here to take up the fight.
For the first time in recent memory,
our neighbours from the North,
for us also from the North,
and from the East, have shown us the face we've known for centuries.
These neighbours
believe that the nations around them should submit to them.
We say no!
I'd like to say this not only to you,
but also to those from our common European Union that,
Middle Europe, Georgia, our entire region,
will matter!
And also, that we know very well, that today its Georgia, tomorrow Ukraine
and the day after it will be the Baltic States.
And then it may be time for my country, for Poland.
After his return from Georgia,
the President met with his advisor,
the former Prime Minister.
He came to congratulate him and said:
please take care, because they will never forgive you for this.
January 9th, 2009 SOPOT, POLAND
What is this?
They're strolling on the pier.
There was to be a conference.
I wonder what language they're using.
Maybe German.
But about what?
Two or three corpses make a horrible impression.
But so many...
in the mud...
in torn uniforms.
Medals. Eagles. Personal belongings.
The Army's best smashed into the Russian soil.
The elite.
The entire nation's elite murdered.
And then the lies - so many lies that they became part of this crime.
Murdered, crime, lies? Who let this Smolensk sect in?!
But he's talking about Katyn.
Don't try to teach me history.
- Daddy, I'm flying! - Wee! Look how high!
Come on, let's take a photo!
Get ready, smile!
They told them to descend to 5O meters.
The transcripts say that they told them to descend to 100.
Did you actually hear that? I did.
And I speak Russian well. They told them to descend to 5O meters.
Like they told us, and the llyushin which tried to land after us.
- You also heard that? - They said 5O meters.
This had to be recorded on the flight recorder of your YAK.
Before the Tu polev's attempt, we turned the recorder off to save power.
But all our conversations with the tower and the commands given to the llyushin are recorded.
It's the only evidence in Polish possession. They took it from us as soon as we landed at Okecie.
And they're still listening to it.
- Who took it? - The military prosecutor and the IVIPs.
Besides, they tried to take it in Smolensk.
But I told them that I won't take off without the recorder.
How high do you think we are right now?
About 30 meters?
Around 20.
It's possible to fly off from this height too.
This YAK technician made a lot of sense.
The commander didn't say much.
We have to get them on tape.
Do you think they'll agree?
I have a feeling that this technician wants to talk.
I gave you the material.
The Yak 4O technician said that they let the Tupolev descend to 5O meters.
I know this challenges the Russian transcripts, and this is whats most interesting.
The other networks aired this, but you didn't.
Because I have something better.
I made an appointment for you. Tomorrow at 10.
There is an airport CCTV recording,
in which the general, just before departure, yelled at the Tupolev's commander.
Where is this recording?
It's a delicate matter,
but we have a Government Protection Bureau officer who witnessed this incident.
I'll put you in touch with him.
I'll be happy to tell the viewers about this, but first I have to see the video.
Relax, you'll get it.
But it will take time.
Because the prosecutor is involved. You know, procedures.
- So when can I meet with you about the recording? - We won't meet.
- He shouted that its an order and thats it. - What did the pilot say to that?
That the weather was bad and that he won't fly.
So he already knew there was fog in Smolensk? What time could it have been?
Are you always working? No breaks?
- You'll say this for the camera tomorrow. - Like what?
The whole argument. With details.
No way. I prefer to stay in the shadows.
Hi there!
Have enough?
Did you read “Russia Today”?
“Poles are demanding the truth about the Smolensk disaster
- But the whole truth is not enough for them.” - And?
“The generals widow didn't like that everybody knows there was alcohol in his blood."
But the alcohol could have been endogenous.
- What's that? - Endogenous.
It could have been produced in the body after death.
You should check it out.
Nina.
Leave me alone.
I'm very busy.
Hello? Yes, but I'm in the store.
OK, in a minute. Can you please pay?
What happened?
You have reliable witnesses.
Yes, a BOR officer. witnessed the argument He clearly heard the entire incident.
What was it all about?
The captain didn't Want to fly because he didn't have
accurate data about the weather conditions.
The general berated him, sent him to the cockpit,
and reported to the President himself that they were ready for take-off.
The witness says it looked as if the captain had some misgivings.
Unfortunately, nobody paid attention to either his professional concerns or his misgivings.
It's your mother.
- Good evening. - Good evening.
I saw you on TV. I heard what you said. Tell me,
what connection to the crash did the argument
between the general and the pilot at the airport have, if this argument really even happened?
What connection? They shouldn't have taken off at all.
Are you suggesting that the general forced the pilot to commit suicide?
That he is to blame for the President's and all those people's deaths?
- How could you? - Mom, I'm not going to conceal any information.
You told me yourself: the truth will make us free.
I'm sorry but we have an appointment.
I'll call you.
Good bye.
You went too far, don't you think?
You fell for this load of crap?
- About the argument by the plane? - What crap?
You're just jealous.
Have you even seen the recording?
No, the prosecutor has it.
I've seen it.
And?
What's on it?
Nothing.
Barely visible. Just them boarding the plane.
From far away, they say something. That's it.
But they' re arguing.
Come on...
Can I have a word?
You know,
I drove the general to the airport.
On my way back I saw there was a coat on the back seat. So I turned around.
You were there?
- Did you see what happened? - I saw the President arrive.
The general made a formal report. The Tupolev's captain was next to him.
I returned the coat to the flight attendant.
Nobody was arguing. Why make it all up?
What's wrong?
Ever been lied to?
Totally lied to?
Mr. President, the aircraft is ready for take-off.
Thank you.
The minister told me my husband was just a conduit
between the President and the Tupolev's pilot.
Do you understand what that means?
They will leave your husband alone if you accuse the President.
These documents are wrong.
It wasn't Dad. We buried someone else.
I'd like to welcome all of you here.
We all hope that
the report prepared by the Polish government committee
will differ substantially from the Russian version.
That it will be Polish.
And that finally, that Polish authorities will defend the Polish President,
officers
and the Polish patriots who flew to Katyn that day.
The committee has determined that the cause of the crash
was descent of the aircraft below minimum descent altitude, excessive descent speed
in weather conditions making it impossible to see the ground,
and delayed initiation of go-around procedure.
We want to make it clear that the aircraft
was in good working order
until impacting
a tree
which caused damage to the left Wing.
The plane crashed into an “armored” birch tree,
turned 360 degrees at a height lower than the length of its own wing,
and while falling from several meters broke into a hundred pieces.
That's the outcome of the investigation.
Like here for most people.
Nine,
the American President didn't die.
The Polish one did, right?
Only one President remembered these questions.
Now he's gone because he was in somebody's way
who tried to impose their will on us.
The ballad of Smolensk is slowly going forth.
We still don't know the truth so there is no moral to the story.
We each have to sing our own message,
because our future depends on that song.
Thank you! Thank you!
We want the truth on Smolensk!
Take Tusk! Return the black boxes!
Komorowski is a traitor!
- Hi. - Hi.
Aren't you afraid to meet a rightist journalist in public'?
No.
How are you?
We' re OK.
- Hello, may I take your order? - Tea please.
- We're starting our own TV station. - Great.
Listen. Give me a lead. But something solid - not about fake fog.
Two days before the flight, the cabin was remodelled to fit not 8 but 18 chairs.
And then the entire general staff along with the President was crammed in there.
Also, they found out about it the day before.
They were supposed to go by the one the journalists took.
Here you go.
Thank you very much.
- You really believe this was an assassination? - Think about it.
If the Russians had nothing to hide
they would have called investigators from around the world
and told them: investigate, check, we had nothing to do with this.
People weren't supposed to ask questions about who was killed in Katyn
and today we are afraid to ask what really happened in Smolensk.
You don't see this?
Maybe they're just using the disaster?
It's convenient to have these conspiracy theories to cover up the mess that was there.
- How was your meeting with Anna? - Smolensk sect.
She believes it was an assassination. Shes totally nuts.
I'm not so sure...
Why did you bring me here?
It was an ll 62.
Before it hit the ground it knocked down over 300 meters of the forest with its wings.
I don't see a thing here.
It was almost 3O years ago.
Doesn't look good.
We'll make an approach and see.
But fog at 'IO A.M.'?
Basia!
- Yes? - It's not good.
There's fog and we might not land.
- And if we don't land, then what? - Then we'll fly off.
No, no, we're still in the air.
I talked to the doctor who said everything was OK with Mom.
You don't have to rush.
Get some sleep or you won't make it.
Hello?
Can you hear me?
I was cut off.
So call back.
I said everything that I needed to say.
Do you know this text message?
"The crash was caused by the pilots who descended below 100 meters in fog.
What needs to be determined is who forced them to do it."
- This is familiar. - I'm not surprised.
All members of the ruling party received this message right after the crash.
- Do you think, General, that it wasn't pilot error? - I have reasons to think that.
Let me tell you something. Excuse me.
Yes?
Go ahead.
OK.
Please excuse me.
I'll tell you this some other time.
Please call me. Goodbye.
Good bye.
The general gave me his cell number.
I don't have to chase him around anymore. I can just call.
You want to go outwith this former spook?
He knows a lot and I'm a journalist.
A female journalist.
According to the Miller Commission's report, the crew did everything they could to get killed.
But please believe me, when the captain says he is going around, everybody focuses just on that.
Instantly, it's automatic.
Unless
someone wants to descend below the decision point, but then nobody says “go around”.
The go around command is sacred.
But they didn't go around.
They didn't.
That's what keeps bugging me.
You know,
up until now I thought that I was handling this OK.
A few days ago I took my son to the doctor
and the doctor asked:
"What happened 2 years ago, because since then all of you have been continually sick?"
And then I realized that I'm not dealing with this so well at all.
- Did you also contract the Smolensk plague? - These are the words of an experienced pilot.
Journalists are bound by certain ethics, damnit!
Exactly. We seek the truth.
Exactly. But where is the truth?!
In this emotional rollercoaster?
In this Smolensk debacle? Have these patriotic tears washed away your brain?
"The crash was caused by the pilots."
- Have you seen this message? - I have, because I also got it at that time.
Listen!
Everything is set and no new facts can change that.
I was going to give you something but...damn!
Stay! Please.
The Forensic Institute didn't find the general's voice on the recording from the Tupo/ev's cockpit.
Butjust because there is no proof of his presence in the cockpit
doesn't mean he wasn't there.
What are you talking about? Man!
The general's presence in the cockpit is inferred from the situational context.
Yes, that sounds logical.
Do you realize that you've been yelling at the TV for some time now?
I've had it.
I'll go visit dad, get away from all this.
Get away?
You think you can just get away from this case?
How do you manage?
We avoid the subject.
Krzysztof and I have different opinions about it. It upsets him.
Your mom is constantly going to these meetings by the cross.
And for me,
this story is finished and closed.
I'm horrified by what happened. But I'm more afraid of what might happen later.
- So when are you leaving? - On Tuesday.
Say hi to your father for me.
We were together for a number of years, after all.
A few years.
I didn't want to leave.
I couldn't live anywhere else.
I'll say hi to him from you.
Your bag is checked through to Chicago. Gate 20. Have a pleasant flight.
- Thank you, goodbye. - Goodbye. Next please!
It's me, Daddy.
Maybe you'd like a straw. You used to like drinking through a straw.
From plastic pouches on the beach. That was great.
In Leba I dropped one on the ground, it broke and I burst into tears.
- You didn't buy me another one. - You still remember that?
- Golitsyn scissors, have you heard of them? - It rings a bell.
It should. It's about propaganda.
So, a perfect lie consists of two parts, like scissors.
The first part is the main lie;
it must be presented immediately after the event, instantly.
Because people want something to hold on to from the start.
And the second one?
The second one should be a classic conspiracy theory.
Or its caricature actually, like the dream of a lunatic.
For example:
a plane hijacked by African forces,
passengers taken to Antarctica and shot there.
The lunatic's dream should be so crazy that it will make the main lie seem plausible.
- Have you known this professor long? - Over 3O years.
We were in Solidarity together.
And martial law, and in prison, and we immigrated together.
He made it. And is highly regarded here.
He doesn't believe it's because of the fog and pilot error?
Listen, it's not a question of faith.
The people who believe knew the answer immediately after the crash.
I want to know what modern science has to say about this.
I don't want to believe, but to know, to examine everything.
The Tu'! 54 M aircraft flew over the birch tree 2O meters above the ground.
For the next 2 seconds it was flying on course and ascending.
It reached 35 meters above the ground at the point of the TAWS 38 device recording.
During the go around procedure an explosion occurred.
Several dozen meters before the birch tree.
In the next 200-300 meters, additional destruction of the wing
took place along with the detachment of its tip.
Then,
before the aircraft hit the ground
an explosion in the middle of the fuselage destroyed the plane.
The final stage of the crash was the explosion which destroyed the presidential parlour and the cockpit.
The hypothesis of this chain of events
is confirmed by the following facts:
the aircraft disintegrated into around 6O thousand pieces,
record of complete power failure in the air
at an altitude of about 15 meters,
and abrupt changes in vertical acceleration registered by the black boxes.
Your father is lucky to have a daughter like you.
My son let these Russian reports completely fool him.
Such an intelligent man.
He yells at me as if he was afraid of the truth.
Even if they find dynamite the wreckage
he will still believe in the “armoured” birch tree theory.
When will you get a response to your petition?
- Our petition? I didn't sign it. - But I did.
And tried to convince others.
Dad, don't you want American support?
I didn't sign it because this petition doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter?
It could motivate people.
Do you know why they don't treat us seriously here?
Because we are divided.
Because we don't trust one another. Because we don't work together.
Poles naively trust in noble America.
If not America, then who?
Germany?
England? France?
We need a strong ally.
There's no point in asking anybody.
Smolensk is Poland's business.
Nobody will take care of this for us.
Do you think we will know the truth some day?
The Americans know the truth.
And agencies of other countries probably know it, too.
The fact they are keeping silent might mean that
the truth could terrify us.
OKECIE AIRPORT WARSAW
The Americans have everything about Smolensk - frame by frame.
They have the recordings of all the conversations and they know the truth.
They are surprised that so far Poland hasn't turned to the US for help.
And when a prosecutor does it, he is immediately suspended.
A NATO report would be crushing for this prime minister
and this government, which would have to immediately resign.
General, when can we meet?
Tomorrow? Fine.
At your place?
No entry.
What happened? I'm a journalist.
If you have questions, contact the press spokesman.
- They killed him. - How do you know?
They said he shot himself.
The Polish national team lost 0:1 to Czech Republic today in Wroclaw
and will not play in the Euro 2012 Quarter Finals.
In breaking news, the general and co-founder of GRONI
was found dead in monitored underground garage.
In a location out of range of surveillance cameras.
After initial examination,
the prosecutor has excluded the possibility of foul play.
Coming up: sports news and the weather forecast.
- Did you hear about the general? - Yes.
Another serial suicide of someone who knew something important.
- You see conspiracies everywhere. - Energetic people...
...with happy families,
Suddenly looking for spots where nobody can see, where there are no cameras,
and shooting themselves.
And by some coincidence, they die on Friday nights.
Because the autopsy can't be done until Monday.
And 15 minutes after the body is found the prosecutor announces that it was a suicide.
How many been have there been already?
If what you said about those 5O meters is true, you are now the key witness.
- Bravo! - Dad, can we go now?
Yes, we' re leaving now sweetie.
Corsair. Start. Polish 1-0-1.
Polish 101 , Corsair responded.
Guys, go to 12345.
Hey talk to the Yak, will you?
Greetings.
Generally speaking, ifs crap down here Visibility is about 400 metres.
- Did you land already? - We managed to, but at the fast moment.
Yd say you can definitely try_ If you cam, then reroute to Moscow. Or somewhere.
There's fog at Corsair, visibility 400 meters.
Temperature and air pressure, please.
The temperature is plus two, air pressure 745.
We currently do not have landing conditions.
Thank you, if it's possible we'll try to approach, but if not, if the weathefls bad, we'll circle around.
Director, fog has rolled in. We won't be able to land in present conditions.
Are we going to try?
We'll try to approach, we'll make one attempt, but it probably won't work.
So please prepare an alternate plan.
Then we have a problem.
October 28th 2012 MILITARY PROSECUTOR WARSAW
From what you've said it can be concluded, that there wasn't any TNT or nitro-glycerine,
or are there just no reports that can confirm that yet?
I didn't say that there wasn't any TNT. I said that the presence of TNT wasn't confirmed.
Mr. prosecutor, you contradict yourself.
There are traces of TNT but these are not traces of TNT.
It's a mockery of common sense and the victims of the crash.
The content of my message seemed clear to me, but let me clarify it if it raises doubts.
The investigation is still in progress, and the results will provide a conclusive answer.
Today's preliminary conclusions cannot be considered official.
And the information about what these
detectors indicated has caused the reaction which we now encounter with the general public,
which doesn't surprise me anyway.
- I'm glad you're here. - Did something happen?
No, I just have to meet with my partner.
- Don't stay too long. - I'll be right back.
Sweetheart, I'm going to get Dad. We'll be right back.
And you go to sleep now, it's after 10.
- What do you need these shoes for? - I'm going to put them in the basement.
Remember man, that thou art dust,
and unto dust thou shall return, but God will raise you up on the last day; rest in peace.
I just can't explain it.
He was a cheerful, happy man.
Anyway, you met him.
And how are you doing?
Our regiment has been dissolved, I've retired.
I've got plenty of free time.
Maybe I can be help the parliamentary committee.
Aren't you afraid?
The wheel came off on my car.
Someone cut the brake lines twice.
I noticed in time. I was lucky.
Why don't you have protection?
You know...
I don't want it.
- Yes, what is it? - You're Working that case, right?
- What case? - Smolensk.
Leave me alone.
Hello?
I need to tell you something. Ifs important.
Ifs important to you.
- I'm listening. - Let's talk. But not here.
- Good evening. - Good evening.
Good evening.
Let me have your phone.
- We'll leave it with you, OK? - Sure.
Thanks a lot.
The Director of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister hanged himself
on a vacuum cleaner cable on the 23rd of December 2009,
after buying Christmas presents.
What does that have to do with anything?
It happened on the same day the Tupolev 154 returned to Warsaw after an overhaul in Samara.
Read on.
A Lutheran minister who got a text from one of the Smolensk victims' phones.
It was after the crash.
- Shortly after, he died in an accident. - Accidents happen.
Another one.
A camera operator from one of the TV stations, who was first to film the crash site.
He died in Moscow and the footage has never been made public on TV.
The next one:
the head of the archaeologists, who were to go to Smolensk in June.
Car crash.
And another accident:
an aviation navigation expert,
and the primary expert in the parliamentary committee.
He died, cut up with a chainsaw by his own son.
The flight instructor who questioned the results of the investigation,
hanged himself while on vacation in India.
The two latest ones,
the general and the Yak technician you knew yourself.
How do you know?
Why are you telling me all this?
You can find all this on the Internet.
But this isn't over. There'll be others. It's only a matter of time.
Please take care.
Excuse me, your phone is ringing.
- Shit, I was afraid for you. What's going on? - You too?
Ask the guys from the Yak if the clouds are thick.
Arthur, are you still there?
Drop completed. Pm heading East.
Permission granted.
- Did you get that? - No.
This is Remek.
- Are those clouds thick? - About 400-500 meters.
- At 500 meters We were above them. - About 400-500 meters.
Thanks.
- Ask him if the Russians have already landed. - Have the Russians landed already?
IL approached twice and I think they flew off somewhere.
He said that the IL approached twice and flew off.
Pasha.
Bring him down to 5O meters.
No questions.
To 50 meters.
By order of the International Number 1.
CRASH SITE SMOLENSK, RUSSIA
Why did they cut it out?
My son died.
Villages in Chechnya.
They lost the body.
Just like that.
Like a dog. They just threw it away.
I don't even know where to light a candle for him, so I come here.
Who have you lost?
My husband.
He was an aviator, a general.
Then he'll take the blame.
It's always like this.
Whoever died is to blame.
The army, never.
Do you just pray for him
or for the enemy too?
For the enemy?
For the enemy.
I try to pray for everybody who hurt me,
but it's not easy.
Would you like to buy this? it's real.
They found it here but now, it's all gone. Just concrete.
What is it?
I don't know but I think it might be part of the plane.
A real fragment.
You'll have a souvenir.
It happened 7O years ago.
They were tied up,
killed by a shot
to the back of their heads
so that there wouldn't be a lot of blood.
Later,
still with the eagles on the buttons of their uniforms,
they were thrown into deep pits.
This crime
was committed on the order of Stalin.
The order of the Soviet authorities.
These people were killed without trials
and without convictions.
They were murdered.
These murders
were committed in violation of the norms
of the civilized world.
A big part of this
was the "Katyn lie".
The world was never supposed to find out.
The families of the victims
were deprived of the right to mourn in public,
to grieve for and commemorate their loved ones.
There are, however,
indomitable people.
Truth,
the ultimate weapon against violence,
triumphs in the end.
Just as the Katyn lie
was the foundation of Poland during the communist era,
the truth about Katyn
is the foundation
of the free Republic of Poland.
Arek, visibility is now 200 meters.
- Thanks. - The cabin is ready.
Three miles out.
I'm entering the fourth. Polish 101.
Polish 101. You're entering the fourth.
Two miles out.
Tell them one more mile from central.
Half mile to go.
8 on course, on glide path.
The runway is clear.
Conditional landing, 123 meters.
Thank you.
Continue approach.
On course and on glide path, distance 6.
Farther.
400.
300.
300'?
250 meters.
200.
2 on course and on glide path.
100.
Abort for second approach.
90.
- Go around. - 80.
70.
60.
- Polish 101! P... so.
Hail Mary, full of grace.
Our Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace.
Our Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Translation: Piotr Strzelecki