Polish officials haven't commented publicly on the possible cause of the crash, while their Russian counterparts have pointed to crew error as the likely cause. The plane crashed short of the runway in heavy fog after controllers told the pilot to divert to Moscow or Minsk, Russian officials said.
根據波蘭憲法,波蘭國會眾議院的議長在總統(tǒng)身亡的情況下將成為臨時國家元首。這位臨時總統(tǒng)將在總統(tǒng)死亡之日起兩周內宣布提前舉行總統(tǒng)選舉。而選舉必須在宣布提前進行總統(tǒng)選舉之日起兩個月內舉行。波蘭的總統(tǒng)選舉原定于今年秋季舉行,該國眾議院議長科莫羅斯基(Bronislaw Komorowski)是一位重要候選人。
Saturday's crash wiped out much of the Polish political elite from left and right, including the core figures in conservative opposition. Traveling with the president was the governor of the central bank, Slawomir Skrzypek, whose death may mean a change of the balance of power in the rate-setting Monetary Policy Council. First deputy governor Piotr Wiesolek has become the acting governor of the National Bank of Poland after Mr. Skrzypek's death.
上周六的飛機失事使波蘭左、右翼的政治精英大部分喪生,保守派反對黨的核心人物也在事故中遇難。與總統(tǒng)一同遇難的還有波蘭央行行長斯克希佩克(Slawomir Skrzypek)、他的死亡可能意味著央行利率決策機構貨幣政策委員會(Monetary Policy Council)內的力量平衡將發(fā)生改變??讼E蹇擞鲭y后,波蘭央行第一副行長維索雷克(Piotr Wiesolek)已出任央行代理行長。
Poland also lost its key military leaders, including Chief of Staff Gen. Franciszek Gagor. One of the key presidential contenders also died in the crash.
波蘭數位重要的軍事領導人也在空難中喪生,其中包括總參謀長岡戈爾(Franciszek Gagor)。波蘭一位重要的總統(tǒng)候選人人選也在此次事故中遇難。