Russian plane carrying top hockey team crashes, 43 reported dead

Two people survive; Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team is coached by former Detroit Red Wings assistant Brad McCrimmon

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>>> we have some breaks news that we are following this afternoon. a plane crashed just after takeoff about 150 miles northeast of moscow. we're in russia right now. 43 people are dead. only 45 are on board that plane. many of the folks aboard had national -- had ties to the national hockey league . they had tie to the nhl in this country. at this point it's not clear what happened. but the weather we're told was sunny there. breaking news in russia as a plane crashed there. 43 have been killed so far.

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