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Smolensk air disaster

2010 air crash near the city of Smolensk, Russia
Event aviation_accident Q131311
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Summary

Smolensk air disaster is an aviation accident[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of aviation accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,810 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Russia[3]
  • Item operated: Tupolev Tu-154[4]
  • Operator: 36th Special Aviation Regiment[5]
  • Location: Smolensk North Airport[6], Smolensk Oblast[7], Smolensk[8]
  • Commons category: 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash[9]
  • Point in time: April 10, 2010[10]
  • Has cause: controlled flight into terrain[11], explosion[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Smolensk air disaster[13]
  • Commons gallery: Katastrofa polskiego samolotu prezydenckiego pod Smoleńskiem – zdjęcia ofiar[14]
  • Number of deaths: 96[15], 89[16], 7[17]
  • Depicted by: Death of the President[18]
  • Number of injured: 0[19]
  • Start point: Warsaw Chopin Airport[20]
  • Destination point: Smolensk North Airport[21]
  • Has effect: state funeral of Lech Kaczyński and Maria Kaczyńska[22], international response to the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash[23]
  • Number of survivors: 0[24]
  • Investigated by: Interstate Aviation Committee[25]
  • Vessel: Tupolev Tu-154[26]
  • Flight number: PLF101[27]

Why It Matters

Smolensk air disaster has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Lech Kaczyński Maria Kaczyńska Russia Ryszard Kaczorowski

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [12] ↑ . wydarzenia.interia.pl. Retrieved . wydarzenia.interia.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . mswia.gov.pl. Retrieved . mswia.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . mswia.gov.pl. Retrieved . mswia.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . mswia.gov.pl. Retrieved . mswia.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . mswia.gov.pl. Retrieved . mswia.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . mswia.gov.pl. Retrieved . mswia.gov.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Smolensk air disaster
    Has cause → controlled flight into terrain, explosion
    Operator → —
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+96'}, {'amount': '+89'}, {'amount': '+7'}
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