That plane crash in Russia which killed the Major League

[malaise]

hockey team,Lokomotiv, wiped out the squad and the officials. :cry: :cry:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14832433
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Ice hockey fans from around the world are mourning after a plane crash in Russia wiped out most players from the major league team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited the crash scene and promised a full investigation into the accident, the causes of which are not yet known.

Thousands of fans gathered in Yaroslavl to pay their respects, many dressed in team colours with scarves and flags.

Some 36 players and officials died in the crash, along with seven crew.

[mmonk]

1. Yes. I lost someone I used to talk to, especially when he missed part

of an NHL season due to injury, Josef Vasicek. Sad.

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/canes/remembering-josef-vasicek-1980-2011#ixzz1XInCj3zq

[malaise]

2. Deepest sympathy

A hard loss

[mmonk]

6. Big Joe was always smiling, even when at times he was frustrated

at loss of ice time or wondering what line he would be on when he healed. Can't imagine what the last moments on that plane were like but don't want to.

[Tunkamerica]

3. They had a bunch of the canes paying their respect on WRAL's news last night

[mmonk]

4. Sorry I missed that.

[Bluebear]

7. Oh I am deeply sorry for you and your sport

:hug:

[mmonk]

13. Interestingly enough, I got my season tickets for this year today

by Fedex. Strange feeling this time around.

[PRETZEL]

12. Sorry to hear that,

that was a tragic accident.

RIP to all and their families.

[SoCalDem]

5. This happens from time to time.. so sad (links)

Wichita State football team killed in plane crash

Entire US Olympic ice skating team killed in plane crash

and the rugby team in the Andes plane crash too.

link to other sports disasters:
http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/09/08/1469320/plane-crashes-involving-sports.html

[Are_grits_groceries]

8. Don't forget Marshall.

Marshall Team, Coaches, Fans Die In Plane Crash

75 Believed Aboard Plane; Airline Silent

A chartered jet airliner carrying the Marshall University football team, coaches and a number of prominent Huntington residents crashed in flames on its approach to Tri-State Airport Saturday evening.

There were no survivors.

Southern Airways of Atlanta, Ga., said its two-engine DC-9 was carrying 70 passengers and five crewmen.

The plane was returning the Marshall football players, most of the coaching staff and a group of supporters from Greenville, N. C., where East Carolina University defeated the Marshall team Saturday afternoon.

The crash occurred about 7:45 p. m. less than a mile west of Tri-State Airport. Weather conditions were poor and light rain was falling.
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http://www.wvculture.org

[SoCalDem]

9. Yep.. it's at the last link with some others I did not know of

[a la izquierda]

10. The Oklahoma State bball team is remembered...

annually in ceremonies in Oklahoma and in the field in Colorado where the crash happened.
Sad stuff.

[malaise]

11. Manchester United lost several players in the 1958 Munich crash

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/6/newsid_2535000/2535961.stm
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1958: United players killed in air disaster
Seven Manchester United footballers are among 21 dead after an air crash in Munich.

The British European Airways (BEA) plane caught fire shortly after take off this afternoon with 38 passengers and six crew on board.

The footballing world is reeling from the loss of some of its most talented young players - known as the Busby Babes.

Their average age was 24 and they included Roger Byrne - the captain - Mark Jones, Eddie Colman, Tommy Taylor, Liam Whelan, David Pegg and Geoff Bent.

[Blue_Tires]

14. I saw they recovered the black boxes, hopefully they will reveal something...

[RagAss]

15. So sad...yet oddly enough it confirms the safety of air travel...

Think of all the NFL, NHL, NBA and MLB teams and their flights since they first used plane travel....since the 1950's.

Not one team lost.

[malaise]

16. Very true

but I know families and teams that never all travel on the same flight because accidents happen

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. God bless and keep them all.