Russian Jet Carrying Hockey Team Crashes, 43 Dead

[FanSince61]

MOSCOW – A Russian jet carrying members of a local hockey team crashed shortly after takeoff on Wednesday, killing 43 people, including several former NHL players.

The Yak-42 crashed immediately after leaving an airport near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles northeast of Moscow. The weather was sunny and clear at the time.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/09/07/36-dead-in-russian-airliner-crash/​

 

[Ranzo]

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[DallasGirl50]

How tragic.