http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14822582
Links to report – Possibly the transport for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Ice Hockey Team.
Rumours on other sites of crash on take-off. Very sad news.
By: talltower - 13th September 2011 at 08:12
Russian Plane Crash: Last Hockey Player Dies
Article excerpt from the International Business Times
Russian Plane Crash: Last Hockey Player Dies🙁
The only member of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team to survive a plane crash in Russia last week died in a hospital Monday.
Alexander Galimov was one of two survivors when a chartered Yak-42 jet crashed on Wednesday shortly after taking off from the Tunoshna airport. The other survivor was the plane’s flight engineer, Aleksandr Sizov, who is receiving treatment and expected to recover.
After the accident, Galimov had severe burns over 80 percent of his body and doctors had put him in a medically induced coma when he reached a hospital.
“Despite therapy that included all modern treatment methods, Alexander Galimov died in the morning from burns,” Moscow’s Vishnevsky surgical institute said in a statement on its Web site.
By: Levsha - 9th September 2011 at 13:28
It’s been reported that the Yak-42 cannot take off with a single engine failure – in comparison with the Boeing 737 which can still complete its take off even with an engine out at V1 speed. The Yak is actually a tri-engined plane, surely that’s a deficiency in its design, its single engine out performance?
By: Arabella-Cox - 8th September 2011 at 20:19
I had the privilege of flying a Yak 42 PNR-BZV-PNR courtesy of my Russian friends (really nice guys) in PNR. (In return I gave them all a leg on our 727). It is built like a brick s/house. When you push the warning light test button, the whole dang cockpit lights up like a Christmas tree. There are no speedbrakes. You just push the nose down if you need to lose height quickly. IIRC no reverse thrust because of the four wheel main bogeys, they believe brakes are more cost effective.
RIP lost souls.
Photo of the doomed plane here
By: talltower - 8th September 2011 at 07:55
Yak-42D Clobber RA-42434
Passengers: 37
Crew: 8
Survivors: 2
Flight origin: Tunoshna Airport (IAR / UUDL)
Destination: Minsk-1 Airport (MHP / UMMM)
RIP to the crash victims, especially the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team…:(
Poor quality fuel could be a cause of Russian plane crash
By: nJayM - 8th September 2011 at 06:37
Condolences to those bereaved and RIP to all lost
Condolences to those bereaved and RIP to all lost
By: Arabella-Cox - 8th September 2011 at 06:12
I read this morning that there were two, but one (a hockey player) has 80% burns and little chance of making it much further.
This is a very sad story and prayers for all victims and their families. Russia surely needs to do something about its shocking air safety record.
By: Newforest - 7th September 2011 at 15:49
Maybe one survivor. 🙁
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20110907-0
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September 7, 2011 at 2:52 pm