Quotes from original accident thread:
11:00am 10th April 2010 (accident day)
Originally Posted by andrasz
...this may be the ultimate sad case of politicans meddling with airline/aircraft operations. I can very easily envision the scenario where there was enormous pressure on the crew (real or percieved) to complete the flight with marginal weather conditions to an airport with no precision approach. The high ranking person on board was not a particularly easy character to deal with...
11:30am 10th April 2010
Originally Posted by andrasz
...Latest reports say most of the Polish top brass were on board, including the Commander of the Air Force. This was a Polish Air Force aircraft, with military pilots... The first questions I would start asking after the CVR was listened to is who was sitting on the jumpseats...
Scary and sad how with some accidents speculation can hit the nail on the head just a few hours after the event...