Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash

On 7 September 2011, Yak-Service Flight 9633, a Yakovlev Yak-42 charter flight carrying players and coaching staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team, crashed on take-off near the Russian city of Yaroslavl, killing all but one of the 45 people on board. The aircraft overran the runway at Tunoshna Airport before briefly lifting off, struck an antenna mast, caught fire and crashed on the bank of the Volga river.

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash

On 7 September 2011, Yak-Service Flight 9633, a Yakovlev Yak-42 charter flight carrying players and coaching staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team, crashed on take-off near the Russian city of Yaroslavl, killing all but one of the 45 people on board. The aircraft overran the runway at Tunoshna Airport before briefly lifting off, struck an antenna mast, caught fire and crashed on the bank of the Volga river.