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| Top Russian hockey team wiped out in plane crash |
| 2011-09-07 |
| A passenger airplane chartered by one of Russia’s most famous hockey teams crashed during take-off Wednesday, killing much of the team, including many of its star players. The team, Lokomotiv, was heading from its home in Yaroslavl to an away game in Minsk. First accounts of the number of people on board varied from 37 to 44. A Russian aviation official said that all but one — a member of the crew — had died. Vladimir N. Malkov, a spokesman for Lokomotiv, said in a telephone interview, "We have no team any more. All our starting players, and all the service people, they all burned in the crash." |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 The Yak-42 does not need terrorists to crash |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2011-09-07 22:17 |
| #1 Terrorism? "Exploding sounds after takeoff". The article goes to great pains to avoid mentioning terrorism and big-up airframe inferiority... A sign the journalist is trying to lead you someplace. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-09-07 18:17 |