Polish leader, 95 others dead in Russia jet crash

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Originally Posted by glatt

The Russkies didn't help by leaving the airport open in a heavy fog, but the pilot should have landed in a different airport if visibility was that bad.

The airport tried to convince the pilot to use one of three alternate airports, but the pilot chose to land there. I sure there was pressure on both the airport, and the pilot, not to be responsible for fucking up the scheduled events.