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than a hundred Yakovlev-42 planes still flying around the world, this model has a record of eight crashes.
The Yakovlev Yak-42 plane series was first designed in the 1970s in the USSR to replace obsolete mid-range Tupolev passenger jets. The Yakovlev plane in its various modifications can carry up to 120 passengers, while the maximum take-off weight is 57 500 kg. Numerous Yak-42 planes have been sold to other countries, such as Macedonia, China or Cuba.
During the Soviet-Afghan war, Soviet troops employed a number of Yak-42 vehicles.
One of the most recent Yak-42 crashes happened in May 2003 on a flight from Kyrgyzstan to Turkey, when a plane crashed into a mountain, taking the lives of all 75 people on board.
Russia’s Prosecutor General Yury Chaika has commissioned a check of the company Yak-Service, which owns the aircraft that crashed under Yaroslavl.
But Russian aviation authorities say the plane was functioning properly before the take-off.
“All the engines were working, the plane’s resources had not been depleted,” the authorities told Prime news agency.
The crash has also provoked the prosecutors to urge a total examination of all Yak-42 aircraft operating in Russia, reports Interfax news agency.
Hockey fans in Moscow are gathering in Red Square near the Kremlin to honor the deceased Lokomotiv players and the other victims of the crash.
In Minsk, people are laying flowers in front of the stadium where the team was scheduled to play today.
Russia’s Investigative Committee has launched a criminal investigation into the incident and sent a team of forensic experts from Moscow to Yaroslavl, according to the spokesman for the committee, Vladimir Markin.
The Interstate Aviation Committee, a regional regulating body, has launched its own probe into the cause of the crash.
Prime Minister Putin ordered Transport Minister Igor Levitin to organise the initial part of the investigation at the scene. – RT.
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