On September 7 , 2011 , the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash occurred which killed nearly the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL hockey team . A Yak-Service Yak-42 , carrying the team to a game in Minsk , Belarus crashed on take-off from Tunoshna , killing 44 of the 45 occupants . The plane crashed and broke up approximately from the end of the runway , at the Volga River . The cause was determined to be pilot error , when one of the two pilots incorrectly applied braking during takeoff , attributed to a lack of training in the aircraft
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Tunoshna Airport