The crash is ` ` a catastrophic loss to the hockey world , '' NHL commissioner said . Eleven of the people on board the plane were foreigners , Russian officials say . Russian official says two survived crash in Yaroslavl , northeast of Moscow . The plane crashed on takeoff from Yaroslavl , bound for Minsk , Belarus .
The crash is `` a catastrophic loss to the hockey world , '' NHL commissioner says . Eleven of 45 people on board the plane were foreigners , Russian officials say . Russian official says two survived crash in Yaroslavl , northeast of Moscow . The plane crashes on takeoff from Yaroslavl airport bound for Minsk , Belarus .