<p>The plane crashed at 4.00 p.m. and burst into flames. Eight members of the crew were among the dead. Two people survived, investigators said. <br /><br />The Yak-42 plane was carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice-hockey team to Minsk, the Belarusian capital, for the start of the new Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The side is coached by Canadian Brad McCrimmon, a former Detroit Red Wings assistant.<br /><br />"Passenger body parts were found in the Volga River, where part of the fuselage fell," a police official said. One of the survivors was player Alexander Galimov. The other was a member of the crew, a club official said. Their condition is not known.<br /><br />President Dmitry Medvedev, who was due to take part in a political forum in Yaroslavl Thursday, has expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. His press secretary said Medvedev would visit the site of the crash.<br /><br />Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, founded in 1949 as the team of the railways ministry, is one of Russia's leading hockey teams. <br /></p>
<p>The plane crashed at 4.00 p.m. and burst into flames. Eight members of the crew were among the dead. Two people survived, investigators said. <br /><br />The Yak-42 plane was carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice-hockey team to Minsk, the Belarusian capital, for the start of the new Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The side is coached by Canadian Brad McCrimmon, a former Detroit Red Wings assistant.<br /><br />"Passenger body parts were found in the Volga River, where part of the fuselage fell," a police official said. One of the survivors was player Alexander Galimov. The other was a member of the crew, a club official said. Their condition is not known.<br /><br />President Dmitry Medvedev, who was due to take part in a political forum in Yaroslavl Thursday, has expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. His press secretary said Medvedev would visit the site of the crash.<br /><br />Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, founded in 1949 as the team of the railways ministry, is one of Russia's leading hockey teams. <br /></p>