Russian jet carrying ice hockey team crashes killing 36

Yak-42 plane carrying Lokomotiv ice hockey team crashed immediately after takeoff from airport near Yaroslavl A Russian jet carrying a local ice hockey team has crashed while taking off in western Russia, killing 36 people and leaving one critically injured. The Russian emergency situations ministry said the Yak-42 plane crashed immediately after taking off from an airport near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles north-east of Moscow. It said one person survived the crash with grave injuries. The ministry said the plane was carrying the Lokomotiv ice hockey team from Yaroslavl. The team was heading to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where it was to play Thursday against Dinamo Minsk in the opening game of the season of the Continental Hockey League. The CHL is a league of several ex-Soviet nations. Russia Europe Plane crashes guardian.co.uk

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