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The Smolensk air disaster, included Polish Air Force Flight 101 in 2010 killing all 96 people on board. The Polish delegation was heading to Katyn to attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre, in which the Soviet NKVD killed about 22,000 Polish military officers.
Among those killed in the crash of Flight 101 were Polish President Lech Kaczyński, his wife Maria Kaczyńska, former President-in-exile Ryszard Kaczorowski, Poland's highest-ranking military officers, lawmakers, heads of the Polish National Bank and other central institutions, presidential aides, bishops and priests of various denominations, relatives of those killed in the Katyn massacre, as well as officers of the presidential security detail and crew members.
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| Name | Image | Age | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joanna Agacka-Indecka | .JPG) |
45 | President of the Polish Bar Council |
| Ewa Bąkowska |  |
47 | Representative of the Katyn Families |
| Lt. Gen. Andrzej Błasik |  |
47 | Commander of the Air Force |
| Krystyna Bochenek |  |
56 | Deputy Marshal of the Senate (PO) |
| Anna Maria Borowska | 81 | Representative of the Katyn Families | |
| Bartosz Borowski | 31 | Representative of the Katyn Families | |
| Maj. Gen. Tadeusz Buk |  |
49 | Commander of the Land Forces |
| Brig. Gen. Miron Chodakowski |  |
52 | Archbishop,[1] Orthodox Ordinary of the Polish Armed Forces |
| Lt. Col. Czesław Cywiński | 84 | President of the World Association of Home Army Soldiers | |
| Lt. Col. Zbigniew Dębski | 87 | Co-founder of the Union of Warsaw Insurgents | |
| Leszek Deptuła | 57 | Member of the Sejm (PSL) | |
| Grzegorz Dolniak |  |
50 | Member of the Sejm (PO) |
| Katarzyna Doraczyńska | 31 | Press office staffer at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland | |
| Edward Duchnowski | 80 | Secretary General of the Union of Sybiraks | |
| Aleksander Fedorowicz | 39 | Interpreter at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland | |
| Janina Fetlińska |  |
57 | Senator (PiS) |
| Lt. Col. Jarosław Florczak | 41 | Close protection officer | |
| WO1 Artur Francuz | 39 | Close protection officer | |
| Gen. Franciszek Gągor |  |
58 | Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces |
| Grażyna Gęsicka |  |
58 | Member of the Sejm, former Minister of Regional Development (PiS) |
| Brig. Gen. Kazimierz Gilarski |  |
54 | Commander of the Warsaw Garrison |
| Przemysław Gosiewski |  |
45 | Member of the Sejm, former Deputy Prime Minister (PiS) |
| Bronisław Gostomski | 61 | Personal Roman Catholic chaplain to President Kaczorowski and parish priest of St. Andrew Bobola in Hammersmith, London | |
| Maj. Robert Grzywna | 36 | Co-pilot | |
| Mariusz Handzlik |  |
44 | Undersecretary of State at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland |
| Roman Indrzejczyk | .jpg) |
78 | Personal Roman Catholic chaplain to President Kaczyński |
| Lt. Paweł Janeczek | 37 | Close protection officer | |
| Dariusz Jankowski | 54 | Staffer at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland | |
| Natalia Januszko | 22 | Flight attendant | |
| Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka | 59 | Member of the Sejm, former Deputy Prime Minister (SLD) | |
| Józef Joniec | 50 | Roman Catholic priest, Piarist father | |
| Ryszard Kaczorowski |  |
90 | Former president of the Republic of Poland in exile |
| Maria Kaczyńska | _cropped.jpg) |
67 | Wife of President Kaczyński |
| Lech Kaczyński |  |
60 | President of the Republic of Poland |
| Sebastian Karpiniuk |  |
37 | Member of the Sejm (PO) |
| VAdm. Andrzej Karweta |  |
51 | Commander of the Navy |
| Mariusz Kazana | .jpg) |
49 | Director of Diplomatic Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Janusz Kochanowski | .jpg) |
69 | Ombudsman for Civil Rights |
| Brig. Gen. Stanisław Komornicki |  |
85 | Chancellor of the Order of Virtuti Militari |
| Stanisław Komorowski |  |
56 | Deputy Minister of National Defence |
| WO2 Paweł Krajewski | 35 | Close protection officer | |
| Andrzej Kremer |  |
48 | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Zdzisław Król | 74 | Roman Catholic priest, member of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites | |
| Janusz Krupski |  |
58 | Head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression |
| Janusz Kurtyka |  |
49 | President of the Institute of National Remembrance |
| Andrzej Kwaśnik | 53 | Roman Catholic police chaplain and chaplain to the Katyn Families | |
| Lt. Gen. Bronisław Kwiatkowski | .jpg) |
59 | Commander of the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces |
| Col. Wojciech Lubiński |  |
40 | Personal physician to President Kaczyński |
| Tadeusz Lutoborski | 83 | Representative of the Katyn Families | |
| Barbara Maciejczyk | 28 | Flight attendant | |
| Barbara Mamińska |  |
52 | Director of the Personnel and Decorations Office at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland |
| Bożena Mamontowicz-Łojek | 72 | President of the Polish Katyn Foundation | |
| Stefan Melak |  |
63 | Head of the Katyn Committee |
| Tomasz Merta |  |
44 | Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage, General Conservator of Monuments |
| WO2 Andrzej Michalak | 36 | Flight engineer | |
| Capt. Dariusz Michałowski | 35 | Close protection officer | |
| Stanisław Mikke |  |
62 | Deputy Head of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites |
| Justyna Moniuszko | 24 | Flight attendant | |
| Aleksandra Natalli-Świat |  |
51 | Member of the Sejm (PiS) |
| Janina Natusiewicz-Mirer | 70 | Social activist | |
| 2nd Lt. Piotr Nosek | 35 | Close protection officer | |
| Piotr Nurowski |  |
64 | President of the Polish Olympic Committee |
| Bronisława Orawiec-Löffler | 81 | Representative of the Katyn Families | |
| Lt. Col. Jan Osiński | 35 | Roman Catholic priest, Vice-Chancellor of the Curia of the Military Ordinariate | |
| Adam Pilch |  |
44 | Lutheran military chaplain |
| Katarzyna Piskorska |  |
73 | Representative of the Katyn Families |
| Maciej Płażyński |  |
52 | Member of the Sejm, former Marshal of the Sejm (independent) |
| Maj. Gen. Tadeusz Płoski |  |
54 | Roman Catholic Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of the Polish Armed Forces |
| JWO Agnieszka Pogródka–Węcławek | 35 | Close protection officer | |
| Maj. Gen. Włodzimierz Potasiński | 53 | Commander of the Special Forces | |
| Capt. Arkadiusz Protasiuk | 35 | Pilot | |
| Andrzej Przewoźnik |  |
46 | Secretary of the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites |
| Krzysztof Putra |  |
52 | Deputy Marshal of the Sejm (PiS) |
| Ryszard Rumianek | .jpg) |
62 | Roman Catholic priest, Rector of the Card. Wyszyński University |
| Arkadiusz Rybicki |  |
57 | Member of the Sejm (PO) |
| Andrzej Sariusz-Skąpski | 72 | President of the Federation of Katyn Families | |
| Wojciech Seweryn | 70 | Sculptor, author of the Katyn Monument in Chicago | |
| Sławomir Skrzypek |  |
46 | President of the National Bank of Poland |
| Leszek Solski | 75 | Representative of the Katyn Families | |
| Władysław Stasiak | .jpg) |
44 | Head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, former Minister of the Interior and Administration |
| WO2 Jacek Surówka | 36 | Close protection officer | |
| Aleksander Szczygło | .jpg) |
46 | Head of the National Security Bureau |
| Jerzy Szmajdziński | .jpg) |
58 | Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, former Defence Minister (SLD) |
| Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz | 55 | Member of the Sejm, former Head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland (SLD) | |
| Izabela Tomaszewska | 54 | Head of the Protocolar Unit at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland | |
| WO2 Marek Uleryk | 35 | Close protection officer | |
| Anna Walentynowicz |  |
80 | Co-founder of the Solidarity trade union |
| Teresa Walewska-Przyjałkowska |  |
71 | Deputy President of the Golgotha of the East Foundation |
| Zbigniew Wassermann |  |
60 | Member of the Sejm, former Minister for Intelligence Coördination (PiS) |
| Wiesław Woda | 63 | Member of the Sejm (PSL) | |
| Edward Wojtas |  |
55 | Member of the Sejm (PSL) |
| Paweł Wypych |  |
42 | Secretary of State at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, former President of the Social Insurance Institution |
| Stanisław Zając |  |
60 | Senator (PiS) |
| Janusz Zakrzeński |  |
74 | Theatrical and film actor, member of the Program Board of the Union of Piłsudskiites |
| Lt. Artur Ziętek | 31 | Navigator | |
| Gabriela Zych | 68 | Representative of the Katyn Families |
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Some early reports were wrong about the number or composition[2][3][4] as the official list of victims was corrected in stages; most notably because the flight manifest of passengers only, without names of the crew, lacked the name of the only female member of the nine Biuro Ochrony Rządu (Government Protection Bureau bodyguards), Agnieszka Pogródka-Węcławek. She was listed incorrectly among the stewardesses. Also, a female presidential aide, Zofia Kruszyńska-Gust, was supposed to fly but did not do so due to illness. Additionally, Michael Schudrich, the Chief Rabbi of Poland, was invited but did not board the flight due to its conflict with the Jewish Sabbath, which prohibits flight on Saturday.
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