Yak-42 Carrying Hockey Team Crashes
 

A Russian jet carrying a top ice hockey team crashed while taking off Wednesday in western Russia, killing at least 43 people, officials said. The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the Yak-42 plane crashed immediately after leaving an airport near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles northeast of Moscow.


Russian jet carrying top hockey team crashes - World news - Europe - Russia - msnbc.com

Dozens killed as Russian plane carrying hocke
 

I didn't know where to put this thread since there were great American Hockey players on this flight...Godspeed.:(

Dozens killed as Russian plane carrying hockey team crashes - CNN.com

Sad. It's been a tough year for hockey so far...