Tributes are being paid to the players of Lokomotiv Moscow hockey club who died . Among them were 11 international players , and a number who had ties to the NHL . It was bound for Minsk , Belarus , where the team was to play Thursday . Only three of the 45 people aboard the plane survived it 's crash . The plane crashed on takeoff from Yaroslavl airport bound for Minsk , Belarus .
Tributes are being paid to the players of Lokomotiv Moscow hockey club who died . Among them were 11 international players , and a number who had ties to the NHL . Only three of the 45 people aboard the plane survived it 's crash . The plane crashed on takeoff from Yaroslavl airport bound for Minsk , Belarus .