Mayday: Air Disasters

Name: S12:E09 - Lokomotiv Hockey Team Disaster
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 45 min 1 s
Cast: DAMIR ANDREI, JIM ANNAN, CHRISTOPHER STANTON, HANNA CHEESMAN, JEAN-MICHEL LE GAL

Season 12 Episode 9 - Lokomotiv Hockey Team Disaster

2012 · 46 min

TV-14

Documentary

One of Russia’s most popular hockey teams is on its way to Minsk, Belarus, for their first game of the 2011 season. Their Soviet built Yak-42D starts down the main runway at Yaroslavl’s Tunoshna Airport. But instead of lifting off, the plane runs off the end of the tarmac, strikes a tower, and crashes into the Volga River. Only the plane’s mechanic survives the disaster.

Subtitles: English