Air Disasters

Air Disasters

Death of the President (4x10)


Air date: Aug 10, 2014

It was an air disaster that crippled a country, heightened tensions between two nations, and ignited conspiracy theories worldwide. On April 10, 2010, Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M, carrying Poland's president, Lech Kaczynski, crashed on Russian soil, killing everyone aboard. Russian experts pinned the blame on the pilots, but Poland's Interior Minister examined the evidence and reached a far different conclusion. Experience the tragedy that shocked the world and follow the investigation that remains steeped in controversy.

  • Premiered: May 2011
  • Episodes: 234
  • Followers: 21
  • Running
  • Smithsonian Channel
  • Sunday at 22