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Briton Richardson dies in Poland speedway crash [May 14, 2012] LONDON (Reuters) - British speedway rider Lee Richardson died in a crash in Poland on Sunday, the BBC reported. The 33-year-old Richardson, captain of Lakeside Hammers, hit the safety fence riding for Polish team Rzeszow in Wroclaw and was taken to hospital where he died of chest injuries. "I am numb and just can't take this in. Lee's loss to his family is beyond imagination," Hammers co ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Motor racing-Briton Richardson dies in Poland speedway crash [May 14, 2012] LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) - British speedway rider LeeRichardson died in a crash in Poland on Sunday, the BBCreported. The 33-year-old Richardson, captain of Lakeside Hammers, hitthe safety fence riding for Polish team Rzeszow in Wroclaw andwas taken to hospital where he died of chest injuries. "I am numb and just can't take this in. Lee's loss to hisfamily is beyond imagination," Hammers co ... [via YahooNews] More >>

In Russia and Poland will mark the anniversary of Smolensk disaster [Apr 08, 2012] Memorials were also events in Smolensk, Katyn, as well as in Warsaw and other cities of Poland, Poles mark the second anniversary of the crash of a Government Tu-154. A plane bearing the number 101 April 10, 2010, flew to Warsaw-Smolensk. [via YahooNews] More >>

Unassuming Polish hero just wants to fly again [Nov 02, 2011] WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish pilot who safely crash-landed a Boeing 767 with 230 people on board recounted on Wednesday his astonishment at discovering that the plane's landing gear did not work, but he said he was keen now to get back to work again. [via YahooNews] More >>

Plane from Newark Crash Lands in Poland [Video] [Nov 01, 2011] Earlier today, LOT Polish airlines flight 16 traveling from Newark, N.J., to Warsaw, Poland, crash landed after its landing gear failed to deploy. According to The Aviation Herald , the Boeing 767-300 was at 3,000 feet when the pilots reported an unsafe gear indication. Ground control confirmed that none of the three sets of landing gear were down, and after 80 minutes of troubleshooting, the ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Plane from Newark Crash Lands in Poland [Video] [Nov 01, 2011] Earlier today, LOT Polish airlines flight 16 traveling from Newark, N.J., to Warsaw, Poland, crash landed after its landing gear failed to deploy. According to The Aviation Herald, the Boeing 767-300 was at 3,000 feet when the pilots reported an unsafe gear indication. Ground control confirmed that none of the three sets of landing gear [...] [via YahooNews] More >>

Plane out of Newark crash lands in Warsaw, Poland [Nov 01, 2011] A Polish airliner which took off from Newark crash landed in Warsaw on Tuesday, but none of the 230 people aboard were injured. [via YahooNews] More >>

Report spreads blame for Polish jet crash [Jul 29, 2011] WARSAW, Poland, July 29 (UPI) -- Both the Polish crew and Russian air traffic controllers were to blame for the 2010 crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski, Poland said Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Cyclist Boonen to race in Tour of Poland [Jul 18, 2011] Belgian rider Tom Boonen, who dropped out of the Tour de France on the seventh stage after an earlier crash, is to return to the road in the Tour of Poland, his Quick-Step team announced on Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish report on 2010 plane crash blames Russia [Jun 30, 2011] WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A report by Poland's opposition party says Russian aviation officials bear most responsibility for the crash last year of the Polish government plane in which the president was killed. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish opposition party's report on 2010 plane crash that killed president blames Russia [Jun 29, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - A report by Poland's opposition party says Russian aviation officials bear most responsibility for the crash last year of the Polish government plane in which the president was killed. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish report on 2010 plane crash blames Russia [Jun 29, 2011] WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? A report by Poland's opposition party says Russian aviation officials bear most responsibility for the crash last year of the Polish government plane in which the president was killed. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish opposition party's report on 2010 plane crash that killed president blames Russia [Jun 29, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - A report by Poland's opposition party says Russian aviation officials bear most responsibility for the crash last year of the Polish government plane in which the president was killed. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland gets new files from Russia on Kaczynski plane crash [Apr 06, 2011] Russia has handed Poland new files related to the probe into the Polish presidential plane's crash near Smolensk. The handover ceremony took place at the Russian Prosecutor General's Office. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland to reconstruct jet crash that killed president [Jan 23, 2011] Warsaw, Jan 23 : Poland plans to reconstruct the crash that killed then Polish president Lech Kaczynski, a top official said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland to reconstruct fatal Smolensk crash on government jet [Jan 22, 2011] Poland plans to use its second government Tu-154 plane to reconstruct the crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski, a deputy head of the Polish investigation commission said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland Blames Russian Air Controllers for Kaczynski Plane Crash [Jan 18, 2011] Russian air traffic controllers at Smolensk have caused the crash of Polish President Lech Kaczynski's plane in April 2010, according to Poland's panel investigating the crash. According to the Polish investigators, the Russian controls failed to notify the cabin crew that the landing aircraft was off course. Air traffic controllers of the Smolensk Severny Airport were operating under big ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish PM: Russian plane crash report incomplete (AP) [Jan 16, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Poland's prime minister described as "incomplete" a report by Russian aviation investigators that blames last year's crash that killed the Polish president and 95 others mostly on the plane's pilots. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said any finding must address the question of whether any possible mistakes by Russians could have played a role in the crash. He said Poland plans to ask ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland wants talks with Russia on plane crash report [Jan 14, 2011] Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk proposed on Thursday that Poland and Russia hold consultations on a joint report on the April 10 crash that killed a Polish president. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish PM: Russian plane crash report incomplete [Jan 13, 2011] Poland's prime minister described as "incomplete" a report by Russian aviation investigators that blames last year's crash... [via YahooNews] More >>