Friday, September 9, 2011

Russia yesterday - TUNOSHNA A passenger plane carrying a Russian ice hockey team to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from Tunoshna killing 43 people

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Many people in Russia, Belarus, Latvia, the Czech Republic and other countries remain united in their grief over the tragic victims of the Yaroslavl jet crash which took the lives of an entire ice-hockey team. As the Lokomotiv squad employed several top foreign players, their compatriots are coming to express their support and feelings for the deceased. The Russian top-flight club included three players from the Czech Republic and two Ukrainians, as well as athletes from Belarus, Canada, Germany, Latvia, Slovakia and Sweden. The new coach was a Canadian Stanley Cup winner.


BBC News - Russia's Lokomotiv ice hockey team in air disaster]


www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14822582
1 day ago – A chartered jet carrying Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashes on take-off near the central city of Yaroslavl, killing 43 people.

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