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 .
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 . Only two of the 45 people aboard the plane survived Wednesday 's crash . The plane crashed on takeoff from Yaroslavl airport bound for Minsk , Belarus .