Tag: Tunoshna Airport Disaster
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On This Day In 2011: A hockey team’s Yak-42 never properly took off-44 died after braking errors sent the aircraft beyond the runway
On September 7, 2011, YAK-Service Flight 9633 was preparing to carry Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, one of Russia’s leading ice hockey teams, from Tunoshna Airport near Yaroslavl to Minsk, Belarus. The Yakovlev Yak-42D, registration RA-42434, carried 45 people: 37 passengers and eight crew members. Among those aboard were nearly the entire Lokomotiv roster, coaching staff and several…
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