( dpa ) - All 20 people aboard a Polish military plane were killed when it crashed and caught fire in north-west Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Thursday.
The CASA C-295M aircraft, with an air force general and 15 other members of the Polish armed forces and four crew members aboard, was approaching an air base at Miroslawiec, near Szczecin, shortly after 7 pm Wednesday when it went down in a forested area, officials said.
The transport plane apparently clipped trees on its landing approach, crashed into a forest and burst into flames, officials said.
Prime Minister Tusk said the victims "were returning to their units from a conference devoted" to flight safety.