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.

Russia plane crash wipes out ice hockey team
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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