Polish editor resigns over crash story

WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The editor of a Polish newspaper resigned following a story that said explosives were in the wreckage of the plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski.

The newspaper, Rzeczpospolita, reported Tuesday traces of explosives were found at the scene of the 2010 plane crash in Smolensk, Russia.

The Polish Prosecutor's Office said the article contradicted official accounts of what caused the crash, RIA Novosti reported.

The Moscow-based Interstate Aviation Committee blamed the Polish crew for the crash though Poland blamed Russian air traffic controllers. Neither said they found explosives at the site.

Tomasz Wrobelewski, Rzeczpospolita's editor in chief, said he would step down to protect the newspaper's "good name."

The newspaper held a press conference and published a statement saying it had made an error in judgment, RIA Novosti reported.

The Tu-154 airplane, which carried Kaczynski and a delegation of senior Polish officials crashed April 10, 2010, while trying to land in a heavy fog. The crash killed eight crew members and 88 passengers.