A private jet carrying a Russian professional hockey team to its first game of the season crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday, killing 43 people – including European and former National Hockey League (NHL) players – in one of the worst aviation disasters in sports history. Two people survived the accident.The crash also was the latest tragedy to befall the sport of hockey – following the sudden, off-season deaths of three of the NHL’s toughguy enforcers that shocked fans.The chartered Yak-42 jet was carrying the team – Lokomotiv Yaroslavl – to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where it was to play Thursday in its opening game of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) season. Of the 45 people on board, 36 were players, coaches, and team officials; eight were crew.
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