In pictures: 43 dead after Russian jet carrying hockey team crashes
A Russian jet carrying local hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashed Wednesday while taking off in western Russia, killing 36 people and leaving one critically injured, officials said.
Rescuers seen at the crash site of Russian Yak-42 jet near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.Misha Japaridze/The Associated Press
Rescuers work at the crash site of a Russian Yak-42 jet near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.Misha Japaridze/The Associated Press
Rescuers work at the crash site of Russian Yak-42 jet near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.Misha Japaridze/The Associated Press
Rescuers work at the crash site of Russian Yak-42 jet near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.Misha Japaridze/The Associated Press
Wreckage of Russian Yak-42 jet, carrying a top ice hockey team, seen near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.Misha Japaridze/The Associated Press
Emergency workers search the wreckage of a plane that crashed near the Russian city of Yaroslavl September 7, 2011.Reuters/Reuters
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev lays flowers at the site of a plane crash on the bank of the Tushna River near the city of Yaroslavl, 300 kilometres northeast of Moscow, on Sept. 8, 2011.
A boy throws a scarf of his team colours onto the flowers placed in front of the Arena-2000 stadium, the home venue of Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the city of Yaroslavl.
People cry in front of the Arena-2000 stadium, the home venue of Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslav in the city of Yaroslavl.
A woman mourns in front of the Arena-2000 stadium, the home venue of Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the city of Yaroslavl, 300 kilometres northeast of Moscow.
A hockey stick and flowers lie in front of the Czech embassy in Moscow on Sept. 8, 2011. Among those killed when a plane carrying the Russian hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashed were three Czech stars – Jan Marek, Josef Vasicek and Karel Rachunek.