Russia plane crash wipes out ice hockey team

An airliner carrying a top ice hockey team has crashed on take off in Russia, killing at least 43 people.

Wed, 07 Sep, 2011 - 17:34

An airliner carrying a top ice hockey team has crashed on take off in Russia, killing at least 43 people.

The Yak-42 went down in sunny weather immediately after leaving an airport near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles from Moscow.

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CourtsHeathrowPlace: RussiaPlace: YaroslavlPlace: Volga RiverPlace: MoscowPlace: MinskPlace: BelarusPlace: Czech RepublicPlace: KazakhstanPlace: LatviaPlace: SlovakiaPlace: TunoshnaPlace: UfaPlace: SovietPlace: PetrozavodskPerson: prime ministerPerson: Vladimir PutinPerson: Brad McCrimmonPerson: Pavol DemitraPerson: Josef VasicekPerson: Karel RachunekPerson: Ruslan SaleiPerson: Karlis SkrastinsPerson: Stefan LivPerson: Irina PryakhovaPerson: PryakhovaPerson: Alexander MedvedevPerson: President Vladislav TretyakPerson: presidentPerson: Dmitry MedvedevEvent: Kontinental Hockey LeagueOrganisation: Lokomotiv ice hockey teamOrganisation: Dinamo MinskOrganisation: Yak ServiceOrganisation: Lokomotiv YaroslavlOrganisation: KHLOrganisation: Detroit Red WingsOrganisation: NHLOrganisation: BostonOrganisation: PhiladelphiaOrganisation: DetroitOrganisation: HartfordOrganisation: PhoenixOrganisation: St. Louis BluesOrganisation: Vancouver CanucksOrganisation: LokomotivOrganisation: Salavat YulaevOrganisation: AtlantOrganisation: Konintental Hockey LeagueOrganisation: Russian Ice Hockey Federation
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