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Russian airliner in fatal crash near Yaroslavl Russian airliner in fatal crash near Yaroslavl
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An airliner carrying a major league ice hockey team has crashed in Russia killing 36 people.An airliner carrying a major league ice hockey team has crashed in Russia killing 36 people.
Reports said the plane burst into flames near an airport at the city of Yaroslavl, about 200km (140 miles) north of Moscow. Reports said the plane burst into flames shortly after taking off from an airport at the city of Yaroslavl, about 250km (160 miles) north-east of Moscow.
Members of the local ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl were on board the plane. Members of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team were on board the plane on their way to Minsk in Belarus.
Emergency officials said one person survived the crash, the cause of which has not been confirmed. Officials said one person was still missing after the crash, the cause of which has not been confirmed.
Reports said the plane was a Yak-42, a mid-sized jet with a capacity of more than 100 passengers. The hockey team had been due to play Dinamo Minsk in the opening game of the season of the Kontinental Hockey League on Thursday.
The hockey team was heading to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where it was due to play against Dinamo Minsk in the opening game of the season of the Continental Hockey League. The team includes players from Germany, Sweden, and Slovakia as well as Russia. It was not clear how many of the fatalities were members of the team.
The plane, a Yak-42, had a capacity of more than 100 passengers, but it is thought only 37 people - including four crew members - were on board.
The country has a poor aviation safety record. In July this year a passenger plane crashed in northern Russia and 44 people died.
President Dmitry Medvedev has promised to overhaul the industry and take out of service aging jets from the Soviet era.
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