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September 7, 2011 occurred terrible tragedy. On the banks of the Tunoshonka River, a plane carrying the Lokomotiv team, which was going to the first match of the season against Dynamo Minsk, crashed. Today we remember how events unfolded on that dark day in world sports.
September 7
15:58 (Moscow time). The plane began its takeoff run along the runway of the Yaroslavl Tunoshna airport. The aircraft rolled off the runway, but the flight lasted only a few seconds - the airliner had just begun to gain altitude when it collided with a radio beacon, after which it crashed into the ground on the bank of the Tunoshonka River.
16:30. The Yaroslavl news portal “Yarnovosti” was one of the first to report that a Yak-42 plane carrying the main squad of Lokomotiv, flying to Minsk for a match with the local Dynamo, crashed during takeoff at Tunoshna airport. There were a total of 45 people on board; early media reports spoke of only one survivor. As eyewitnesses reported, the plane turned into a pile of charred iron.
17:00. As a result of the plane crash near Yaroslavl, 36 people were killed and 1 was injured, RBC reported, citing a source in the Federal Air Transport Agency. Later it was clarified that 44 people died (36 passengers and 8 crew members).
17:22. TASS reported that three people survived the plane crash near Yaroslavl. The condition of the victims was assessed as serious. Later it became known that only two were hospitalized - an aviation and radio maintenance engineer Alexander Sizov and hockey player Alexander Galimov.
17:29. In Ufa at these very minutes the opening match of a new KHL season between Salavat Yulaev and Atlant. At the 17th minute of the first period the game was stopped and the KHL President came onto the ice Alexander Medvedev.
“We had a terrible tragedy today. While taking off from Yaroslavl for a match with Dynamo Minsk, a plane carrying players, coaches and administrators of the Lokomotiv team crashed. According to the data available now, out of 37 people, one survived. I propose to honor the memory of the victims with a minute of silence...” said Alexander Ivanovich in a trembling voice, barely holding back tears.
After 15 minutes, the KHL President again spoke to the audience and announced the cancellation of the match.
17:35. A criminal case has been opened regarding the plane crash near Yaroslavl. Search and rescue operations continue at the crash site.
17:45. Chief physician of the hospital named after. Solovyova Alexander Degtyarev reported that two survivors had been transported to his facility. This is the striker hockey club“Lokomotiv” Alexander Galimov and aircraft technician Alexander Sizov.
18.00. The first photo from the plane crash site appeared in the press.
18:03. The cause of the crash of the Yak-42, in which the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv players were located, has been named. As ITAR-TASS reported with reference to the Federal Air Transport Agency, the plane was unable to gain a safe altitude during takeoff and collided with the lighthouse antenna. After the collision, the plane broke into pieces and fell.
18:18. There is still no complete data on the dead. According to unconfirmed information, the defender of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Ruslan Salei was not with the team on board the Yak-42 aircraft. Presumably the hockey player was waiting for the team in Minsk. A few hours later it became known that Salei flew to the match with the team.
19:00 . Yaroslavl media reported that forward Alexander Galimov underwent surgery and 80 percent of his body was burned.
20:00. Lokomotiv fans gathered to honor the memory of the club's fallen players. About three thousand people came to Arena 2000. Many came with flowers and paraphernalia of their favorite team. On the streets of Yaroslavl you can see cars with flags and symbols of Lokomotiv. Some fans lit candles.
In addition, about 50 fans came directly to the site of the team’s death near the Yaroslavl airport. In memory of the dead hockey players, fans rang the bells of the church, which was located not far from the site of the plane crash.
“Before departure, the aircraft underwent an operational inspection form, all the main systems of the aircraft were checked, and no comments were identified. All the aircraft’s engines were serviceable and in serviceable condition,” the source noted.
According to the department, the plane had a valid airworthiness certificate.
8 September
9:00. The condition of striker Alexander Galimov and pilot Alexander Sizov, who survived the plane crash, has not changed. “Both are still serious,” said the resuscitation officer on duty.
9:30 . Captain of the Washington Alexander Ovechkin asked all those who sympathize with the death of the Lokomotiv team in a plane crash to mentally support striker Alexander Galimov, who continues to fight for his life in intensive care.
“Sashka Galimov, you must live! Hold on! We are all with you!!! We are praying for you! All our thoughts and strength should be with Alexander Galimov! Let’s all do it together,” Ovechkin wrote on his Twitter.
10:00. The KHL management decided to suspend the championship due to the plane crash. The tournament was resumed on September 12.
14:00. Attack Maxim Zyuzyakin told why he did not fly with Lokomotiv to the opening match of the season in Minsk.
“The previous day before the flight, I was told that I was staying in Yaroslavl. I was preparing to leave for Minsk, the squad was determined, I trained during the day, and in the evening, the day before departure, they called me and said that it was better for me to stay here and play a game (with the Loko youth team).
I don’t consider myself lucky - I have other thoughts now. I don't have any plans right now before the funeral. I became a tragic hero. Parents worry about their children's relatives - this is a loss. When they found out about the tragedy, they started hugging me, thanks to the coach that this happened,” said Zyuzyakin, who now plays in the VHL for Rubin Tyumen.
18:00. The official website of Yaroslavl Lokomotiv, which stopped working on Wednesday due to the plane crash, resumed its work on Thursday. The site began to work in “memory book” mode, where every fan could leave a message with words of support.
10 September
About 100 thousand people came to say goodbye to the Lokomotiv players who died in the plane crash. After the farewell ceremony was over, people did not leave. On the square in front of Arena 2000, they applauded and shouted “Loko! Loco! Loco!”, locomotive whistles sounded from the speakers.
President of Yaroslavl Lokomotiv Yuri Yakovlev stated that the team will not participate in the current KHL championship.
“Our first task is to take care of the loved ones and families of the victims. The second task is to restore a team of the appropriate level. We have decided that the team will start playing in the KHL next season,” Yakovlev said.
The health condition of Alexander Galimov, who survived the plane crash, remains extremely serious, but stable.
12-th of September
Galimov died in the hospital. “On the morning of September 12, despite ongoing therapy using all possible modern treatment methods, Alexander Galimov died from burns incompatible with life at the burn center of the Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery,” the administration of the Vishnevsky Research Institute said in a statement.
Thus, the only survivor of the plane crash was flight mechanic Alexander Sizov.
September 14
Galimov's funeral took place in Yaroslavl. All my sports career Alexander spent his time at his native club.
October 13
The NHL regular season match between Washington and Pittsburgh was dedicated to those killed in the plane crash. Before the start of the match Alexander Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Mario Lemieux held a symbolic face-off. Players from both teams wore jerseys with commemorative patches, which were sold at a charity auction; bracelets with the inscription “Love for Lokomotiv” were also sold at the match. All proceeds went to help the families of the victims.
October 16
On the 40th day of the tragedy, a memorial ceremony was held at Arena 2000, which was attended by about 6,000 people.
November 2
The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) published the final report of the investigation into the crash. According to the commission's findings, the immediate cause of the crash was the erroneous actions of the aircraft commander or co-pilot, who involuntarily pressed the brake pedals during the take-off run.
The IAC also notes that traces of phenobarbital were found in the co-pilot’s body, which has an inhibitory effect on the central nervous system. nervous system. Pilots taking this drug are not allowed to fly.
September 7, 2013
Near Yaroslavl sports complex"Arena-2000" the memorial "Hockey Brotherhood" was opened.
Every year on September 7th we all mentally travel back to 2011. We look at photographs dead hockey players and coaches, read their latest interviews. Six years have passed, but the pain has not gone away. A lump forms in my throat, and tears well up in my eyes. We will never forget the team that left so tragically. Eternal memory to those killed in the plane crash.
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A plane crashed in Colombia with 81 people on board, including nine crew members and 72 passengers, including 22 players from the Brazilian team. football club"Chapecoense", 28 members of the club's management, coaches and 22 journalists who accompanied the sports delegation. According to the country's authorities, only six people survived the plane crash. According to Flightradar, the plane was flying to the Colombian city of Medellin from the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia and crashed about 45 km from the destination airport.
Representatives of the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority said that the airliner, which belonged to the Bolivian air carrier Lamia, crashed near the town of El Gordo near the municipality of La Union (Department of Antioquia), TASS reports. Rescuers quickly arrived at the crash site.
Later it became known that the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) suspended events under its auspices, including the final matches of the Copa Sudamericana, due to the disaster in Colombia, TASS reports. The final match of the South American Cup has been postponed.
“CONMEBOL confirms that it has been notified by the Colombian authorities that the plane carrying the Chapecoense delegation was involved in an accident in Colombia,” the organization said in a statement. "CONMEBOL President Alejandro Dominguez is on his way to Medellin right now," the statement said.
Chapecoense is a Brazilian football club from the city of Chapeco (state of Santa Catarina). It was founded on May 10, 1973 by the merger of Atlético Chapecoense and Independente. Since 2014, he has been playing in Serie A of the Brazilian Championship. Chapecoense plays in the top league, where it currently ranks ninth.
Let us remind you that last years This is not the first time that a plane carrying members of the same sports team has crashed. Thus, on September 7, 2011, a Yak-42D airliner of the Yak Service airline, en route to Minsk, crashed near Yaroslavl. On board the plane was the main team of the Lokomotiv hockey club (Yaroslavl). The athletes were flying to their first match of the KHL championship of the 2011/2012 season.
Then one person survived the disaster - aviation and radio maintenance engineer Alexander Sizov. The remaining 44 people (36 passengers and eight crew members) were killed.
Other similar tragedies included two more plane crashes. On January 5, 1950, a Li-2 plane carrying 11 hockey players, a doctor and a massage therapist for the Air Force hockey team crashed near the Sverdlovsk Koltsovo airport.
On August 11, 1979, two Aeroflot Tu-134A airliners (flights 7628 Chelyabinsk - Voronezh - Chisinau and 7880 Tashkent - Guryev - Donetsk - Minsk) collided in the sky near Dneprodzerzhinsk at an altitude of 8400 m, resulting in the death of all 178 people on board. people (94 on flight 7628 and 84 on flight 7880). Among the dead were 17 members of the Uzbek football club Pakhtakor, who were flying to Minsk for the game.
On September 7, 2011, a Yak-42 aircraft of Yak Service airlines crashed during takeoff from Tunoshna airport in the Yaroslavl region. On board the plane was hockey team"Lokomotiv" (Yaroslavl), which flew to the match in Minsk. According to preliminary data, there were people on board.
July 15, 2009 In the north-west of Iran, a Tu-154M plane of the Iranian airline Caspian Airlines crashed while flying from Tehran to Yerevan. On board the plane was the Iranian youth judo team. The athletes flew to Armenia for training and then had to fly to Hungary to participate in competitions. All 168 people on this flight died.
August 24, 2008 A Boeing 737 plane, en route from Bishkek to Tehran, crashed in Kyrgyzstan. There were 90 people on board the plane, including 17 members of the Iranian youth volleyball team. Ten of them died. 25 passengers and crew members managed to escape.
April 27, 1993 Not far from Gabon (Africa), a DHC-5 Buffalo plane carrying members of the Zambian football team crashed into the sea as a result of engine failure. A total of 30 people died, including 18 football players.
June 7, 1989 At the airport of the capital of Suriname, Paramaribo (South America), a DC-8-60 series plane crashed, resulting in the death of 23 Dutch football players of Surinamese origin who were on board the crashed plane. A total of 176 people (out of 187 passengers and crew) were killed.
December 8, 1987 near the city of Lima (Peru), the entire Allianz football team was killed as a result of explosions on board an F‑27 aircraft. The bodies of the victims could not be found because the plane crashed into the sea. It is known that there were 43 people on the plane.
March 14, 1980 In the plane crash of a Polish IL-62 plane near Warsaw (Poland), 22 members of the US national boxing team were killed.
August 11, 1979 over the city of Dneprodzerzhinsk (Ukraine), a Tu-134 plane flying from Tashkent to Minsk collided with a plane flying from Chelyabinsk to Chisinau. 178 people (165 passengers and 13 crew members) from Uzbekistan, which was playing in the major league at that time, were killed. The team flew to Minsk to play with local Dynamo.
November 29, 1975 Formula 1 racing team Embassy Racing with Graham Hill, pilot Graham Hill, died in a plane crash. The six-seater Piper Aztec plane, on which the team was returning from racing in France to London, crashed and burned during landing.
October 13, 1972 In the Andes, on the way to the capital of Chile, Santiago, part of the rugby team from Montevideo (Uruguay) died in a plane crash.
In total, there were 45 people on board the FH-227 aircraft, 16 of whom survived.
December 31, 1970 in a plane crash, the entire amateur football team from Algeria, Air Liquid, was killed on its way to friendly match to Spain.
November 14, 1970 In Virginia (USA), 37 players from the Marshall University team (Huntington, West Virginia) were killed in a plane crash. American football. In addition to the athletes, there were members on board the plane coaching staff, fans, as well as the head of the sports department (75 people in total). No one survived.
April 1, 1970 An An-24 passenger plane crashed near Krasnoyarsk. All passengers (including the youth volleyball team) and crew members were killed.
September 26, 1969 In the Andes, on the way to La Paz (Bolivia), a plane carrying 25 players from the Bolivian football team Strongest crashed. 19 football players and club leaders were killed.
April 3, 1961 A Douglas C‑47A plane crashed in the Cordilleras (Chile). As a result of the disaster, everyone on board died - the Chilean football team "Green Cross" and crew members (24 people).
February 15, 1961 While landing in Belgium, a Sabena Boeing 707 crashed while flying on the New York-Brussels route. All 72 people on board, as well as one person on the ground, were killed. The disaster killed the US figure skating team (34 athletes and coaches), which was heading to the World Championships in Prague (Czechoslovakia). World Championship figure skating 1961 was canceled as a sign of grief for the victims.
February 6, 1958 At Munich Airport (Germany), a plane carrying football players from the English team Manchester United crashed while trying to take off. A total of 23 people on board died, including 8 athletes, a coach, a team secretary, one of the directors of Manchester United and eight sports correspondents.
January 5, 1950 During the third approach in difficult weather conditions, a Li-2 plane crashed in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). 8 hockey players of the USSR Air Force team died, as well as a coach, doctor and massage therapist.
May 4, 1949 As a result of a plane crash near Turin (Italy), the entire team of the Torino football club and everyone else on board the plane (including journalists, officials, and coach) were killed. A total of 31 people died.
November 18, 1948 In a plane crash over the English Channel, 6 leading hockey players of the Czechoslovak national team (goalkeeper, defenders and forwards) were killed.
The material was prepared based on information from RIA Novosti and open sources
Some plane crashes have gone down in sports history forever because famous athletes were on board the planes that crashed. Dni.Ru remembers the most terrible crashes, the victims of which were famous sports teams.
In the middle of the last century, the Torino football club was a strong competitor to its fellow countrymen from the Juventus team. At the time of the tragedy, he was leading the Italian championship with a four-point lead over his closest rival. The plane crash happened when the Torino players were returning home from Portugal after losing to Benfica in Lisbon with a score of 3:4. On board the Fiat G 212CP were 18 team members, as well as the club management and several journalists - a total of 31 people.
The plane crashed near the airport in Torino. Due to heavy fog, the flight crew lost orientation in space. The aircraft turned sharply and quickly crashed. All passengers and crew on board were killed. Of the entire team, only Lauro Toma remained alive at that time. He was lucky: due to an earlier injury, he avoided a terrible fate by not flying to the match in Lisbon.
The burnt bodies of the victims were placed in the morgue of a Turin hospital. Relatives of the victims were not involved in the painful identification procedure, so as not to be traumatized by the sight of mutilated remains. I took on this heavy burden former coach"Torino" by Vittorio Pozzo.
A British European Airways plane carrying players from the English team Manchester United crashed at Munich Airport more than half a century ago. On board were the club's players, several coaches, fans and journalists. Of the 44 people, 23 died. 19 wounded were taken to a Munich hospital.
The disaster happened when the team was flying from Belgrade after a match with the local Red Star in the Champions League. The airliner refueled en route in Munich. When he attempted to take off, vibrations in the left engine prevented him from doing so. The pilots made a second attempt to take off, but it was also unsuccessful. When the plane took off for the third time, heavy snow began to fall. The aircraft lost speed, crashed through a fence at the end of the runway and crashed with its left wing into a nearby house.
21 people on board died instantly, the rest lost consciousness. After investigating all the circumstances, the pilot was named as the culprit of the crash. However, ten years later it was possible to establish that the real cause of the disaster was snowfall, due to which the plane’s speed dropped sharply and it was unable to take off. As a result, the pilot was acquitted.
18 of the best US figure skaters flew from J. Kennedy Airport to Brussels - the athletes had to transfer to another flight to Prague. The team was scheduled to perform at the World Championships in the capital of Czechoslovakia. But a few hours later, a brand new Boeing 707 carrying the athletes and their relatives crashed in a wooded area near the village of Berg, not far from the Belgian capital. All 72 people on board, as well as one person on the ground, were killed.
Among the victims of the crash were Team USA coach Maribel Vinson-Owen and her daughters Laurence and Marybel, both members of the US figure skating team. Immediately after the tragic news, the 1961 World Championships in Prague were canceled, and new champion skaters appeared in the United States only in 1968.
During the investigation into the cause of the crash, no signs of problems were found on board. Why, at an altitude of less than 300 meters, the Boeing engines suddenly increased power and the already extended landing gear “retracted” back still remains a mystery.
On a hot summer day, Tashkent football players flew to Minsk to play a USSR championship match with the local club Dynamo. By tragic accident, over Dneprodzerzhinsk at an altitude of eight and a half thousand meters, a Tu-134 collided with another similar airliner. All 178 people on both planes were killed. Among the victims of the plane crash were 17 football players of the Pakhtakor team.
After the tragedy, the leadership of the USSR decided to leave the club in the football league for three years. Major League country, regardless of the results of his performances at the championships.
The hockey team from Yaroslavl in full force flew from Tunoshna airport to Minsk, where they were supposed to play their first Continental match of the 2011-2012 season hockey league with local Dynamo.
The plane had difficulty gaining altitude. It crashed into the antenna of a lighthouse located behind the runway and crashed near the airport. There were 45 people on board the airliner. After the disaster, only crew member Alexander Sizov and hockey player Alexander Galimov survived. Doctors fought with all their might for the athlete’s life, but due to terrible injuries, incompatible with life, he died a few days later.
After investigating the circumstances of the crash, the IAC came to the conclusion that the immediate cause of the tragedy was involuntary pressing of the brake pedals during the take-off run of the plane. However, the commission was unable to establish who exactly made the fatal mistake.
Let us recall that it was previously reported that a British Aerospace Avro RJ85 plane belonging to the Bolivian airline LAMIA crashed in the Colombian province of Antioquia. The liner, which had 81 people on board, was traveling from Sao Paulo to Medellin.
On this moment all injured passengers were urgently hospitalized, reports 360 Radio Colombia. According to Dni.Ru, the bodies of 25 people were found at the crash site. According to Colombian media, ten to 15 people survived the crash of a passenger plane in the province of Antioquia. Among them are flight attendant Ximena Suarez, a sports massage therapist, as well as Brazilian football players Alan Ruschel, Marcos Danilo and Jackson Vollmann.
