Polish, Russian experts to study Smolensk plane wreckage

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced on Thursday that Russian and Polish investigators will carry out an additional examination of parts of the Polish Tu-154M plane which crashed in 2010 in the Smolensk air disaster. In a statement, the committee explained the examination will take place "in the presence of Polish representatives" and will concern the Tu-154M's construction elements and generators, among other parts. The study is scheduled for September 3-7, the body added. Svetlana Petrenko, the committee's spokeswoman, told the TASS news agency that the institution had received and approved an application to carry out evidential activities on Russian territory. She added that "for the period between September 3 and 7, 2018, an additional examination of evidence has been scheduled to take place, in the presence of Polish representatives."