The 7-man team spent seven days in the western Russian city of Smoleńsk. Russia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement on Monday that the examination was carried out “using photos and video recording.”
PAP quoted “unofficial” reports as saying that Polish prosecutors gathered data for US experts, who have teamed up with Polish authorities on an investigation.
But no official statement followed, PAP reported.
The crash on April 10, 2010 near Smoleńsk killed Poland’s then-President Lech Kaczyński and dozens of top military and political figures.
In a previous visit, a group of Polish investigators in May travelled to Russia to view the wreckage.
Last year, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly called on Russia to hand over the wreckage of the crashed plane to the Polish authorities “without further delay” and in a manner that “avoids any further deterioration” of potential evidence.
Russia has refused to return the wreckage, including the plane’s black boxes, to Poland, claiming that it is continuing to investigate the crash.
Poland’s ruling conservatives have long challenged an official report into the causes of the disaster issued by the previous government, which cited a catalogue of errors on the Polish side, while also pointing to errors made by Russian staff at the control tower of Smolensk Military Airport.
A Russian report placed all the blame on the Poles.
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the end of 2017 denied Polish suggestions that the 2010 air crash was the result of a Russian conspiracy.
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Source: PAP