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Former Red Wing Coach Among Dead In Russian Jet Crash
Former Detroit Red Wings Brad McCrimmon, Ruslan Salei, Stefan Liv On Team
POSTED: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
UPDATED: 11:56 am EDT September 7, 2011
Associated Press
TUNOSHNA, Russia -- A Russian jet carrying a top ice hockey team crashed into a river bank Wednesday while taking off in western Russia, killing at least 43 people and leaving two others critically injured, officials said.
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the Yak-42 plane crashed in sunny weather immediately after leaving an airport near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Moscow.
It said the plane was carrying the Lokomotiv ice hockey team from Yaroslavl to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where it was to play Thursday against Dinamo Minsk in the opening game of the season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The ministry was carrying 45 people, including 37 passengers and eight crew, and two people survived the crash...
Former Red Wing Coach Among Dead In Russian Jet Crash
Former Detroit Red Wings Brad McCrimmon, Ruslan Salei, Stefan Liv On Team
POSTED: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
UPDATED: 11:56 am EDT September 7, 2011
Associated Press
TUNOSHNA, Russia -- A Russian jet carrying a top ice hockey team crashed into a river bank Wednesday while taking off in western Russia, killing at least 43 people and leaving two others critically injured, officials said.
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the Yak-42 plane crashed in sunny weather immediately after leaving an airport near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Moscow.
It said the plane was carrying the Lokomotiv ice hockey team from Yaroslavl to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where it was to play Thursday against Dinamo Minsk in the opening game of the season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The ministry was carrying 45 people, including 37 passengers and eight crew, and two people survived the crash...