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RUSSIAN ICE-HOCKEY TEAM KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 7, 2011 - 18:45 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - At least 36 people died on Wednesday, September
7, when the plane carrying Russia's Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice-hockey
team crashed during take-off near Yaroslavl, some 300km from Moscow,
emergency officials said.
Two people survived the crash, investigators said.
The Yak-42 plane was carrying the team to Minsk, the Belarusian
capital, for the start of the new Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
The plane crashed at 4:00 p.m. Moscow time (noon GMT).
The side, which includes players from Germany, Sweden, and Slovakia,
has won the Russian championship three times and took third place in
the KHL last year.
The plane fell to earth straight after take-off and burst into flames.
"Passenger body parts were found in the Volga River, where part of
the fuselage fell," a police source said. He added that the passenger
list had not yet been confirmed, RIA Novosti reported.
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, founded in 1949 as the team of the Railways
Ministry, is one of Russia's leading hockey teams and came runner
up in the nascent Kontinental Hockey League in 2008 and 2009. In
1997 it took the Russian Superleague title and won back-to-back
championships in 2002 and 2003. It was one of the favorites for this
year's Kontinental Hockey League.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 7, 2011 - 18:45 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - At least 36 people died on Wednesday, September
7, when the plane carrying Russia's Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice-hockey
team crashed during take-off near Yaroslavl, some 300km from Moscow,
emergency officials said.
Two people survived the crash, investigators said.
The Yak-42 plane was carrying the team to Minsk, the Belarusian
capital, for the start of the new Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
The plane crashed at 4:00 p.m. Moscow time (noon GMT).
The side, which includes players from Germany, Sweden, and Slovakia,
has won the Russian championship three times and took third place in
the KHL last year.
The plane fell to earth straight after take-off and burst into flames.
"Passenger body parts were found in the Volga River, where part of
the fuselage fell," a police source said. He added that the passenger
list had not yet been confirmed, RIA Novosti reported.
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, founded in 1949 as the team of the Railways
Ministry, is one of Russia's leading hockey teams and came runner
up in the nascent Kontinental Hockey League in 2008 and 2009. In
1997 it took the Russian Superleague title and won back-to-back
championships in 2002 and 2003. It was one of the favorites for this
year's Kontinental Hockey League.
From: A. Papazian