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  • The wreckage of a Russian Yak-42 jet is seen near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles northeast of Moscow, on Sept. 7, 2011. The jet, carrying the Lokomotiv ice hockey team from Yaroslavl, crashed while taking off, officials said. (Associated Press)

    Russian jet carrying hockey team crashes; 43 dead

    A Russian jet carrying a top hockey team slammed into a riverbank moments after takeoff Wednesday, killing at least 43 people in one of the worst plane crashes ever involving a sports team. Two other people on board were injured critically.


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