Hockey plane crash

Russia remembers: Services mark 10 years since tragic air crash which wiped out Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team (VIDEO)
Services have been held to mark the 10th anniversary of the air crash which killed players and staff of Russian ice hockey club Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Claiming 44 lives, the aviation disaster is among the worst in sports history.
Sep 7, 2021 14:36
RT’s 10 that shaped 2011: Lokomotiv plane crash tragedy
With 2012 just around the corner, RT continues its own countdown with ten special reports on events that have shaped 2011. We are looking back at major stories through the eyes of RT correspondents who witnessed them.
Dec 23, 2011 06:06
Hockey plane crash: Drugs and bad braking
The probe into September’s crash near Yaroslavl, which killed an entire hockey team and most crew members, found illegal drugs in the co-pilot’s blood, and irregularities in the airline company’s pilot training program.
Nov 2, 2011 12:40
Doomed flight’s only survivor speaks for first time
The only survivor of the Yak-42 flight has given a first-person account of the tragedy, which claimed lives of 44 people, including members of the Lokomotiv hockey team.
Sep 22, 2011 17:35
Tragic hockey star’s lifesaving legacy
A sad twist in the Yak-42 tragedy reveals that one of Lokomotiv players who died in the crash was anonymously giving money to sick kids, and the last half-million ruble payment was transferred to a young cancer patient minutes before the take-off.
Sep 21, 2011 12:41
Did pilots’ misunderstanding turn fatal for Yak-42?
Almost two weeks after the fatal Yak-42 air crash in Central Russia, media reports suggest that experts are probing whether miscommunication between the two pilots – which showed up in a transcript of a cockpit recording - caused a fatal mistake.
Sep 19, 2011 15:45

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