Poland is commemorating the fifth anniversary of its worst national tragedy since World War II – the plane crash in Russia that killed the president and dozens of others. <br /><br /> It comes amid reports this week suggesting members of the president’s entourage urged the crew to land despite thick fog.<br /><br /> Russian investigators have denied that Russian air traffic controllers were to blame, a fortnight after two were charged by Polish authorities.<br /><br /> Poland’s leaders had been on their way to mark the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre of Polish officers by Soviet secret police.<br /><br /> At a ceremony at the Powaski military ceremony in Warsaw there were prayers and a minute’s silence for the victims.<br /><br /> At a separate ceremony at the presidential palace, the former leader Lech Kaczynski and his wife were also remembered.<br /><br /> The dead president’s twin brother Jaroslaw Kaczynski – who refused to accept the findings of the Russian investigation – paid tribute.<br /><br /> Altogether 96 people, including top military commanders and high-ranking officials, were killed when the plane crashed at Smolensk.<br /><br /> Warsaw prosecutors have dismissed as inaccurate a reported transcript of cockpit conversations.<br /><br /> A leaked recording suggests military and diplomatic officials put pressure on the pilots to land despite the conditions. <br /><br /> It also gives the impression that people in and around the cockpit – though not the crew – were drinking beer.<br /><br /> Polish investigators have found that the Polish pilots were primarily to blame – and that Russian air traffic controllers had given faulty guidance.
