Plane Crash Kills 43 in Russia



Russian Yak-42 jet crash 9/7/11
(Moscow, Russia) There was a tragic plane crash this morning in western Russia about 140 miles northeast of Moscow.

Reportedly, 43 people are dead and two are critically injured.

The crash, which took the lives of several former NHL players, exploded under clear blue skies at the Yaroslavl Airport and has left the international hockey community reeling.

The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the Yak-42 crashed immediately after taking off from an airport near Yaroslavl, on the Volga River, 240 kilometres northeast of Moscow.

The air traffic safety record for Russia is poor.