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Thursday, 8 September 2011

Russian Plane Crash Kills Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Ice Hockey Team

Stefan Liv, Olympic gold medal winner and Sweden's national ice hockey team goalkeeper was among those who died in the plane crash
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.
Russia is in mourning after almost the entire team of a top ice hockey club, including several foreign stars, died in a plane crash that killed 43 people.

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:

  1. Anonymous8 September 2011 at 19:47

    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.

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  2. Tycoon!8 September 2011 at 19:59

    It's really sad indeed!

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  3. The Ostrich8 September 2011 at 20:21

    Medvedev has ordered all those planes grounded from Jan 1st, 2012. Guess where they are going to end up after that? Yup; Africa!

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  4. Rashidah8 September 2011 at 21:28

    Someone somewhere probabaly did not making it to the team and has been sulking about it...irony of life!

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  5. Anonymous8 September 2011 at 22:55

    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

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  6. Anonymous9 September 2011 at 08:35

    sooo sad. so sad.

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  7. Queen9 September 2011 at 09:07

    its really sad, my heart bled when i heard the news.

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  8. CLF9 September 2011 at 09:21

    Too sad. May their souls rest in peace. Amen.

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  9. Anonymous9 September 2011 at 10:24

    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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  11. Leo9 September 2011 at 13:55

    It's sad. It reminds one of the the crash that claimed Zambian soccer team some years ago.

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  12. Free browsing cheat for phones9 September 2011 at 23:55

    May their soul rest in the Lord.

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  13. Free browsing cheat for phones9 September 2011 at 23:55

    May their soul rest in the Lord.

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  14. Alicia says...13 September 2011 at 09:39

    russian planes crash like no tomorrow. RIP

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