Russia plane carrying hockey team crashes
Posted: Sep 8, 2011 11:13 AM EDT | Updated: Nov 6, 2014 9:54 AM EDT
RUSSIA- Investigators are still trying to figure out what lead to a deadly plane crash, in Russia Wednesday.
Forty-three people were killed, the jet was carrying a top Russian ice hockey team. Three former Grand Rapids Griffins and three former Detroit Red Wings were among those killed.
The plane crashed as it took off Wednesday afternoon, from a Russian airport, Two people survived. The National Hockey League commissioner said the crash is "a catastrophic loss to the hockey world."