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| Stefan Liv, Olympic gold medal winner and Sweden's national ice hockey team goalkeeper was among those who died in the plane crash |
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| Rescuers seen at the crash site of Russian Yak-42 jet near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles northeast of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. |
The medium-range Yak-42 aircraft crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff from an airport near Yaroslavl in western Russia at about 4pm local time yesterday Wednesday Sept 7. It was carrying the city's Lokomotiv ice hockey team to a match in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, scheduled for Thursday night.
TV showed emergency officials wading out to blazing lumps of wreckage in the Volga river, about 160 miles north-east of Moscow. Seven crew and 36 members of the team and coaching staff died.
Among them were players from Germany, Sweden and Slovakia, as well as Brad McCrimmon, the club's Canadian coach. Doctors were fighting to save the life of two survivors – crew member Alexander Sizov and Alexander Galimov, who plays for Lokomotiv and Russia's national team. He is reported to have suffered terrible burns. - Guardian UK
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14 comments:
linda i heard this yesterday and it's so sad. this summer alone in Canada, about three hockey/former hockey players have died and this added another tragedy to the hockey world.people are talking about how Russian planes are old especially the chartered ones. Its really sad. may their souls rest in peace.
It's really sad indeed!
Medvedev has ordered all those planes grounded from Jan 1st, 2012. Guess where they are going to end up after that? Yup; Africa!
Someone somewhere probabaly did not making it to the team and has been sulking about it...irony of life!
Very sad indeed.... Honestly most planes used as domestic carriers in Russia are old and outdated. I took one last summer from Moscow to saint petersburg, it wasn't funny at all. So much funny sounds from the rear..something has to be done about their crafts ASAP! May they all rest in perfect peace. Meggy
sooo sad. so sad.
its really sad, my heart bled when i heard the news.
Too sad. May their souls rest in peace. Amen.
yes,very sad indeed,it's a great loss for the country!May their souls rest in peace n give their families fortitude to bear the loss.
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It's sad. It reminds one of the the crash that claimed Zambian soccer team some years ago.
May their soul rest in the Lord.
May their soul rest in the Lord.
russian planes crash like no tomorrow. RIP
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