At least 45 people died on Wednesday afternoon when a Yak-42 plane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team crashed during take-off near Yaroslavl... 07.09.2011, Sputnik International
At least 45 people died on Wednesday afternoon when a Yak-42 plane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team crashed during take-off near Yaroslavl, some 250 km from Moscow. Two people survived the crash.
At least 45 people died on Wednesday afternoon when a Yak-42 plane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team crashed during take-off near Yaroslavl, some 250 km from Moscow. Two people survived the crash.
The plane failed to gain altitude after take-off and crashed to the ground and caught fire. A total of 45 people, including most of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team, died. Hockey player Alexander Galimov and flight attendant Alexander Sizov survived. They are in a serious condition.
“Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey players were the face of Russian ice hockey. What happened to them is a huge tragedy for Russian sport,” the former Atlant hockey team head coach, Fyodor Kanareikin, said.
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