Polish President, Polish Airplane Crash | featured news

Bronislaw Komorowski's election as president offered Poland's pro-business ruling party an opportunity but also a challenge Monday as it prepared to govern without the obstacle of a hostile head of state.

Officials investigating the plane crash that killed Poland’s president and 95 others last month say passengers were in the cockpit before the crash.

Polish opposition party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said Monday he will run in summer elections to replace his twin brother, the incumbent president who was killed in a plane crash.

Air traffic control told the pilot of Mr. Kaczynski’s plane to turn back because it was too dangerous to land in Tbilisi, but President Kaczynski — who also is commander-in-chief under Polish law — ordered the pilot to land anyway.

Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country's highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday when the presidential ...