Russian jet carrying hockey team crashes, 43 dead | Inquirer News

Russian jet carrying hockey team crashes, 43 dead

/ 10:52 PM September 07, 2011

TUNOSHNA, Russia—Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry says at least 43 people have died in the crash of a Russian jet carrying a top ice hockey team.

The ministry said the plane was carrying 45 people, including 37 passengers and eight crew. The ministry said all but two people were killed in the crash.

The ministry said the Yak-42 plane crashed immediately after takeoff from an airport near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Moscow.

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