Russian jet crash kills 43, many top hockey stars

@Edward Vielmetti,
the plane involved was RA-42434, not 3 in the end.

@Boyd : I guess you should read the article : " as the country mourned a crash that killed 43 people and devastated a top ice hockey team."

Old????? I flying B767-200's that we got back in 1987 across the Amazon and, or, the North Atlantic every week. And the minute you board them .... you know it.

Hommage : http://youtu.be/hctcadrv9WI

My thoughtd go out to the families of all.
Do not know what happened though I've read that the plane could not gain altitude after rotation, but I've always looked at the Yak-42 as a very slugish under powered A/C, even though it is a tri-motor. I hope they do find the cause quickly, and I do agree that this type should be retired
Lord Bless those Souls

this should be lesson for all - never have all of your team mates fly in the same plane, it happened in Smolensk last year and now this - RIP to all

KauaiGolfer, that was the larger Yak-42 which is a trijet. It is large enough for a team and equip. Fingers are pointing to a possible fire on takeoff.

so sad may they rest in peace

As small as a Yak is, and carrying a hockey team and all of it's equipment? It had to be overloaded.

Demitra was one of the best Blues! There was an huge amount of talent on board among all of the players.

The plane, RA-42433, had been banned from service in Europe in 2009 because of safety issues. See

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32009R1144:EN:NOT

Sad when a team is in a crash I do hope that there was no loss of life.