Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Crash

From BBC News:
"Russia's Lokomotiv ice hockey team in air disaster"

A chartered jet carrying Russia's major league ice hockey team Lokomotiv has crashed on take-off near the central city of Yaroslavl, with 43 deaths. Two people survived with serious injuries after the disaster, which saw the jet burst into flames shortly after leaving an airport near the city. It appears many of the team were aboard, heading to Belarus for the season's first match. Witnesses saw it burst into flames shortly after taking off from the Tunoshna airport, about 250km (160 miles) north-east of Moscow. Some of the wreckage and bodies fell in the nearby River Tunoshna, a tributary of the Volga. All 11 foreign citizens on board the plane were killed, including the team's Canadian coach, Brad McCrimmon, and Swedish goalie Stefan Liv.

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Founded: 1949. Renamed six times before reverting to founding name in 2000

Home city: Yaroslavl; 250km north-east of Moscow

Stadium: Arena 2000, capacity 9,000

Honours: Three-time Russian champions (1997, 2002, 2003)

^ I saw Lokomotiv play in 2002 in Yaroslavl the night they became champions. The husband of my teacher took me and got me in (without tickets.) I am not really into hockey, but when they won it was pretty cool because the whole stadium was going crazy. ^

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14822582