The crash is `` a catastrophic loss to the hockey world , '' NHL commissioner says . two of two people on board Many in the audience were crying , Russian state TV footage showed . the plane were foreigners , Russian officials say . Russian official says Eleven survived crash in Yaroslavl , northeast of Moscow . The plane crashes on takeoff from Yaroslavl airport bound for Maxim Tkachenko , Yaroslavl .
The crash is `` a catastrophic loss to the hockey world , '' NHL commissioner says . two of two people on board the plane were foreigners , Russian officials say . Russian official says Eleven survived crash in Yaroslavl , northeast of Moscow . The plane crashes on takeoff from Yaroslavl airport bound for Maxim Tkachenko , Yaroslavl .