RussianRescueR Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 On 7 September 2011, all players of ice hockey club "Lokomotiv Yaroslavl" were killed in a plane crash while traveling to an away game in Minsk for the season opener. The airplane caught fire and crashed shortly after take-off, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Tunoshna Airport. 43 passengers and crew on board had been killed One player from Lokomotiv, plus a flight engineer, had survived the initial crash. Alexander Galimov, a 26-year-old forward who had been with the team since 2004, was taken to a local hospital with burns to 90 percent of his body, but conscious; Galimov has since been transferred to a hospital in Moscow. 35 bodies have been recovered thus far.In the club, apart from the Russians, the players from different countries. Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belarus, Germany, Sweden, Latvia, Ukraine and Canada.In the center of Prague on Thursday, thousands of people gathered. Flowers and candles that illuminate in the dark face on which the tears and sadness undisguised. Karl Rachunek, Jan Marek and Josef Vaší?ek. The Czech team has lost just three of the leading players of national teamOn board crashed near Yaroslavl Yak-42 was the captain of the Latvian national team Karlis Skrastins.On board were also the Swede Stefan Liv, Pavol Demitra Slovak, German, Robert Dietrich. Led a team of eminent Canadian coach Brad McCrimmon, who had not had time to spend with Yaroslavl players of any game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
