Today marks the anniversary of the tragic air disaster of Yak-Service Flight 9633 on 07 September 2011, that crashed near Yaroslavl, Russia, and killed the entire roster and staff of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL, and all but one of the flight crew members, when a pilot error caused the aircraft to fail its takeoff, running off the runway and crashing into a tower mast.
IIHF president Renรฉ Fasel declared the crash as “the darkest day in the history of our sport,” as fans from across the world, and in particular Russia and the eight other nations represented by team players and staff, mourned for the shocking and tragic loss. On this sad anniversary, TheIHLC.com commemorates this deep loss, and remember those who perished in the accident.
| Lokomotiv Yaroslavlย Roster | |
| ๐ท๐บ Vitaly Anikeyenko (24), defence ๐ท๐บ Mikhail Balandin (31), defence ๐ท๐บ Gennady Churilov (24), centre ๐ธ๐ฐ Pavol Demitra (36), centre ๐ฉ๐ช Robert Dietrich (25), defence ๐ท๐บ Alexander Galimov (26), left wing ๐ท๐บ Marat Kalimulin (23), defence ๐ท๐บ Alexander Kalyanin (23), right wing ๐ท๐บ Andrei Kiryukhin (24), right wing ๐ท๐บ Nikita Kiyukin (21), centre ๐ธ๐ช Stefan Liv (30), goaltender ๐จ๐ฟ Jan Marek (31), centre ๐ง๐พ Sergei Ostapchuk (21), left wing |
๐จ๐ฟ Karel Rachลฏnek (32), defence ๐ง๐พ Ruslan Salei (36), defence ๐ท๐บ Maxim Shuvalov (18), defence ๐ฑ๐ป Kฤrlis Skrastiลลก (37), defence ๐ท๐บ Pavel Snurnitsyn (19), forward ๐ท๐บ Danil Sobchenko (20), centre ๐ท๐บ Ivan Tkachenko (31), left wing ๐ท๐บ Pavel Trakhanov (33), defence ๐ท๐บย Yuri Urychev (20), defence ๐จ๐ฟ Josef Vaลกรญฤek (30), centre ๐ท๐บ Alexander Vasyunov (23), left wing ๐บ๐ฆย Alexander Vyukhin (38), goaltender ๐ท๐บ Artyom Yarchuk (21), left wing |
| Lokomotiv Yaroslavlย Staff | |
| ๐ท๐บย Yuri Bakhvalov (47), physician ๐ท๐บ Alexander Belyaev (48), equipment manager ๐ท๐บ Alexander Karpovtsev (41), assistant coach ๐ท๐บ Igor Korolyov (41), assistant coach ๐ง๐พ Nikolai Krivonosov (31), fitness coach ๐ท๐บ Yevgeni Kunnov (31), therapist |
๐ท๐บ Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (27), therapist ๐จ๐ฆ Brad McCrimmon (52), head coach ๐ท๐บ Vladimir Piskunov (52), administrator ๐ท๐บ Yevgeni Sidorov (43), analyst ๐ท๐บ Andrei Zimin (49), team doctor |
| Yak-Service 9633 Flight Crew | |
| Nadezhda Maksumova (37), attendant Vladimir Matyushin (49), engineer Yelena Sarmatova (29), attendant Yelena Shavina (27), attendant |
Andrei Solomentsev (44), captain Igor Zhivelov (49), first officer Sergei Zhuralev (42), first officer |
Those who perished are identified by their nationality, age and position, where known.
Photo Credit:ย R Sport
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