[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1489 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1489

Calling for an independent international investigation of the April 10, 
    2010, plane crash in Russia that killed Poland's president Lech 
                  Kaczynski and 95 other individuals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2010

  Mr. King of New York submitted the following resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Calling for an independent international investigation of the April 10, 
    2010, plane crash in Russia that killed Poland's president Lech 
                  Kaczynski and 95 other individuals.

Whereas, on April 10, 2010, a plane carrying the Polish President Lech Kaczynski 
        crashed in Russia, killing everyone on board;
Whereas the individuals onboard included President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, 
        the chief of the Polish General Staff and senior Polish military 
        officers, Poland's deputy foreign minister, 12 members of the Polish 
        Parliament, the president of the National Bank of Poland, senior members 
        of the Polish clergy, and relatives of victims of the Katyn massacre;
Whereas President Lech Kaczynski was on his way to honor the 22,000 Polish 
        officers killed at Katyn by the Soviet Secret Police in 1940 when the 
        plane crashed just six miles from Katyn;
Whereas, on April 10, 2010, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the 
        establishment of a government commission headed by Russian Prime 
        Minister Vladimir Putin to investigate the circumstances of the 
        disaster;
Whereas Edmund Klich, the head of the State Commission for Aircraft Accident 
        Investigations in Poland, was put in charge of the Polish investigative 
        committee;
Whereas an investigation committee of the Prosecutor General of Russia started a 
        criminal case in accordance with a violation of the safety rules of the 
        Russian Criminal Code;
Whereas, on May 19, 2010, Alexei Morozov, the head of the technical commission 
        of Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee, released a preliminary report 
        that the plane did not suffer from any mechanical failures and ruled out 
        a terrorist attack, explosion, or fire;
Whereas Russian investigators have released preliminary reports concluding that 
        the crash was the fault of the pilots who did not listen to the air 
        traffic controllers;
Whereas Polish investigators have released preliminary reports concluding that 
        the crash was the fault of the air traffic controllers who gave delayed 
        commands to the pilots;
Whereas some Polish security and aviation authorities were denied access to the 
        crash site;
Whereas only the transcripts of flight recorders have been given to Polish 
        investigators;
Whereas the black boxes have not been handed over to Polish investigators; and
Whereas over 50,000 Poles have signed a petition calling for an international 
        investigation: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives calls for an 
independent international investigation of the April 10, 2010, plane 
crash.
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