Tributes are being paid to the members of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey club who died . Among them were 11 international players , and a number who had ties to the NHL . The team was playing in the Kontinental Hockey League at the time. Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin said all Yak-42 planes currently in operation would undergo extra checks in the next three days . The plane crashed on takeoff from Yaroslavl airport bound for Minsk , Belarus .
Tributes are being paid to the members of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey club who died . Among them were 11 international players , and a number who had ties to the NHL . The team was playing in the Kontinental Hockey League at the time. The plane crashed on takeoff from Yaroslavl airport bound for Minsk , Belarus .