43 die as Russian airliner crashes

A Russian airliner carrying an ice hockey team has crashed on take off killing 36 people.

Wed, 07 Sep, 2011 - 15:10

A Russian airliner carrying an ice hockey team has crashed on take off killing 36 people.

The Emergency Situations Ministry said the Yak-42 plane crashed after leaving an airport near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River north-east of Moscow.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Yaroslavl Place: Volga River Place: Moscow Place: Minsk Place: Belarus Place: Petrozavodsk Person: prime minister Person: Vladimir Putin Person: President Dmitry Medvedev Organisation: Emergency Situations Ministry Organisation: Lokomotiv ice hockey team Organisation: Dinamo Minsk

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