Officials said Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who held an emergency meeting of his Cabinet, wept when hearing about the plane crash.
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On Friday, a plane carrying Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo had to return to the capital, Honiara, because of concerns over runway damage, his spokesman said.
Meanwhile, Downing Street has revealed the carbon dioxide emissions from the prime minister's plane will be "offset" by making an investment in "energy-saving technology" in the developing world.
The prime minister only learnt of the resignation just before it was announced on board a plane taking him and a group of businessmen on a foreign trip (Downing Street have asked me not to identify its destination for security reasons).