the lokomotiv yaroslavl plane crash occurred on wednesday, september 7, 2011 at 16:02 local time, when a yak-service yakolev yak-42 airplane, with the professional ice hockey team and coaching staff of lokomotiv yaroslavl of the kontinental hockey league, crashed near yaroslavl, russia. the team was going to minsk, belarus, to start the 2011-12 khl season against dinamo minsk. 44 out of the 45 people on board were confirmed dead, one crew member survived.