Yak-42 carrying HC “Lokomotiv” crashes in Yaroslavl. UPDATED
43 people have died. Belarusians Ruslan Salei and Syarhei Astapchuk are among them. A hockey player and aircraft mechanic have survived.
17.57 Hockey players Ruslan Salei and Syarhei Astapchuk were on board the plane that crashed near Yaroslavl. BelTA informs about it referring to the Russian Emergency Control Ministry. Russian rescuers have stressed that the hockey players’ names were on the list of passengers. However, they are not on the list of victims at the moment.
17.28 According to unconfirmed information, there is a chance that Ruslan Salei was not on board the plane that crashed near Yaroslavl. Chempionat.com notes that the hockey player could be waiting for the team in Minsk.
17.06 Embassy tries to find out whether Belarusian hockey players were killed in plane crash
The Belarusian Embassy to Moscow is trying to find it out.
Diplomats keep contacting the Russian Emergency Control Ministry, informs BelaPAN.
Let us remind you that Belarusians Ruslan Salei and Syarhei Astapchuk are members of the ice hockey club “Locomotiv”.
16.56 According to Russian mass media, the plane did not manage to ascend and collided with a beacon antenna, informs RIA “Novosti”.
16.46 Soloviyov hospital in Yaroslavl has confirmed to Euroradio that hockey player Alyaksandr Halimau and flight engineer Alyaksandr Sizou have survived.
16.37 It has become known that Russian hockey player Alyaksandr Halimau has survived. According to Russian mass media, there are two survivors.
The Yak-42 crashed two kilometers away from the airport Tuloshin in Yaroslavl. The plane was heading for Minsk from Yaroslavl for a match. There were 37 people on board including four crew members. One survivor has been reported. The other 36 people were killed.
The reason for the plane crash is being investigated. Rescuers and representatives of other operative services are heading for the crash site.
The match between Yaroslavl “Lokomotiv” and Minsk “Dynama” had to be played on September 8. There are two Belarusian hockey players in the Russian club – Ruslan Salei and Syarhei Astapchuk. It is not clear whether they were on board or not.
