just after four in the afternoon on wednesday the charter plane carrying almost the entire euro slava locomotive cage and all hockey team crashed shortly after takeoff rushing into a ball of flame after. turner forty three of board perished soon look i'm asleep it's just we heard a plane takeoff so we told our granddaughter look there's going to be an airplane then i heard a bang and my daughter told me mom it's falling down to the side but then came the flames and the smoke and we wanted to run away but we didn't know where to run it then we went to the river and saw the plane with us in the wake of the tragedy of what he knew put in ordered an immediate and thorough investigation as president medvedev led a country in mourning visiting the crash site and specs. of the three time championship winning euro slava locomotive team their voices heard in a show of solidarity and support. as you can see from the flowers and candles and momentos lot here at the stadium the loss of you. was a huge blow to this community international nature of this team it was a larger loss of for russia and

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meanwhile fans of the three time championship winning euro slava lokomotiv team their voices heard in a show of solidarity and support. as you can see from the flowers and candles and momentos left here at the stadium the loss of jaroslava locomotive it was a huge blow to this community but due to the international nature of this team it was a larger loss of for russia and the rest of the world as well. my friends with the play because a way to go a couple years ago and of course one just just want to give my condolences to the families and. sweet stuff for the ceremonies to honor the players were held in minsk in bratislava which somber reflection is from those who knew the players as well. as the title demitra told me he actually wants to quit corky and he wants to play a little bit more and then leave and spend time with his family so this last conversation came back to my head when i heard about the crash i want to only him at least by lighting this candle and not only him but everybody who died i would like to express my condolences to his family to his children and wife. saturda

new king of euro slava she had divined the women's doubles final brave interrupted play after the first set forcing a close but leave the following couple of hours with hooper and raymond eventually believing it on a decisive type break. now russia's man have won the beach football world cup immediately for the first time the national team basing nine time world champions brazil twelve to eight and sunbeams fernandes the russians called to create three to lead early on by the samba boys scored a few more times in the first period to come to get the just want to go before. the first break second period proving to be decisive as the russians added six mall brazil nuts in all its wise the underdogs then held on to that advantage to secure them made in world title. meanwhile spartak moscow was unbeaten run since june in the russian prime a league has been extended for another week to saying golf cart in sunday's opening match just one goal coming on a dreary day in out sounds you've had a chance to else of the school board read way through the second half is this effort found literally soak

thursday marked the start of a three day mourning period as fans of ja slava locomotive gathered and one of the city's central cathedrals rushed in i can't describe how i feel it's a very serious loss to me the only thing worse than that would be to lose my family they were like family to me. but as a support group of thousands work through their grief together one man maxime's is dark and is going through his own personal nightmare he is the only member of the team not on board the fateful flight as coach told him to take the rest and meet the team for the next game in moscow. but this is very terrifying for me the hockey team is like a family i lost a family of forty people people i was close to for such a long time. and now maxine is supportive of rebuilding the locomotive franchise but is torn by survivor's guilt that i haven't met their families yet i can't imagine how that'll break this is horrible for me i wasn't thinking about whether i was lucky or not that i wasn't on that plane. and now he must rely on his community sharing in the grief process so that the healing can begi

hockey player a one of only two survivors of a plane crash that killed almost the entire locomotive our slava ice hockey team has died in hospital despite doctors efforts twenty six year old alexander gleam of died from severe burns to his body and respiratory track a plane carrying russia's cage hockey team crashed in central russia last week was on its way to belarus for their first game of the season you know where hundred thousand people gathered to honor the much loved players in their hometown of ceremonies also held in the native countries of foreign players a crew member from the plane is now the only survivor of the forty five people on board when it crashed so you can go to our website r.t. dot com for more on this tragedy. iran's bush era nuclear power plants will officially start operating when it starts to provide electricity to the national grid lawyer monday the facility which was built with russia's help came online last year russia's energy minister praised the efforts in working together and promised similar projects in the future do what you . used to give the would you rat

the tone inside the stadium where the slava locomotive players played their games is very somber and quiet great respect for his thousands of people from all over russia and the city coming to say their last goodbyes as if this three day mourning period comes to an end we've been hearing some of the personal stories of the players who was lives were tragically cut short we know of one player who just before this flight had proposed to his girlfriend and was hoping to start a family of another player who has declared that this was his final season and he wanted to give up hockey so that he could spend more time with his family of course losing his life on the way to his first game of his last season also a flight attendant twenty nine years old just got married three months ago and was planning to leave the aviation industry so that she could start a family of her own now as to the rebuilding of the chain and the spirit of moving forward best a geisha is still going on right now as we speak but beyond that we have the opportunity to speak to players from former jaroslav all the locomo

find out the causes of the tragedy to support the families and help the sport live on in you know slava to honor those who died in the disaster. well as it was very much as to jack says that this is all about rebuilding the communities rebuilding a hockey community and there's been there have been suggestions because it is the it's effectively the end of the team we there is a famous commentator xander because mike you suggested that perhaps other teams maybe donate players and help to help in the rebuilding of the city and also say ok well kate thanks for giving us the sporting side on this terrible event and i think you. will of course keep you updated with the latest developments as we get them throughout the course of the. meantime let's take a look at some of the other top stories from r.t. . and the top court in berlin has thrown out a series of lawsuits which said germany is bankrolling of bailouts to ailing european economies were illegal but judges ruled out giving chancellor merkel a blank check saying any future rate was no be pre-approved by parliament of course that could h

must see it is a huge loss for russian ice hockey because there were a lot of good players in euro slava so we will do everything to find out the causes of the tragedy to support the families and help the sport live on in generous level to honor those who died in the disaster. well kate as i say the what or how you look at it it's a dreadful turn of events here know that hockey fans through russia are paying their respects pay their condolences and also. here is going to be gathering outside the kremlin in red square as well that spies who are dead have an ether the details on that. ok ok parties thanks ever so much for coming on this very sad day . for that earlier i spoke to aviation expert mark weiss he's a former american airlines pilot he told me he thinks the crash investigation will of course take time but its results should help prevent future tragedy. well go first thing they're going to start with you're going to get investigators and. typically speaking you bring investigators who have expertise in all the various systems and aircraft components and engines. air worthiness. yo

are said to be on board now we do have we do have a correspondent live in the auto slava but will still try to establish cannot.

germany lots and of are said to be on board now we do have we do have a correspondent live in gaza slava but we'll still try to establish connection with her and meantime i'm joined by u.s. forces that are kate partridge kate this is sort of the big story in the sporting world i would you tell us about what you've got a solemn commitment you are subtle or one of the houses of the concert and the hockey league which is which is the russian. the league is not was due to start its fourth today it's the ironically and sadly the first day of the season and was something finalist last year and in the inaugural season they were they were runners up that was one of those teams that are there in there about so this is an incredible shock to all sports fans yeah and this is. happening is the beginning of the season it is because i was going to impact future games or the season itself any statements coming we have not any statements come true the one thing that we didn't know was that the game between the opening game of the season between far between so about you live who are the champions and the

our team will bring you the full picture of what's going on at the global policy forum in euro slava one and you so will be live with us throughout the day speaking with the top thinkers and speakers so stay with us. from the other news on our to you defense team a former yugoslav army general mom she will paris it says they'll appeal the verdict of the he tried to hold this after the military leader was sentenced to twenty seven years in prison for war crimes paris it was convicted of abetting atrocities during the balkans war in the one nine hundred ninety s. including the massacre of eight thousand muslims in srebrenica is one of the several ethnic serbs military officials on trial in the hague balkans expert. says the west wants serbians to feel guilty for the whole of the yugoslavia war. well we know how those trials are going to go because the script for those trials has been written in advance but i think we need to look actually take a look at the real picture here of what parish which was accused of doing because he was accused in effect of crossing. illegally declared all t

people are confirmed dead after a plane carrying one of the country's top teams the locomotive got a slava crash in the city bearing its name the only two survivors are in critical condition one being a team member and the other a crew member or both have been a taken to moscow for further treatment r.t. shaun thomas is in the crash site. a somber day here in the city of jaroslaw well as the community reels from the tragic did sit in did that happened on that wednesday killing that locomotive team plane that did not make lift off at the end of the runway burst into a ball of flames after clipping an antenna and killing all two on board there were forty three confirmed dead tonight did it survive at this time one of them of course being alexander. played for the team as well as the national team he suffered burns over ninety percent of his body as well as he has gone under gone multiple surgeries including of his respiratory system another crew member of the plane that crashed. suffered a broken femur those two survivors have now been transported and have arrived in moscow so that they can

russia city of seattle slava list paying its last respects to the victims of wednesday's plane crash that killed almost all the top local ice hockey teams. thousands of people streaming into the stadium where locomotive go solve all played i'm sure thomas added jaroslav as a city mourns and grieves the loss of their stars. the nation ought to guard a new security threats emerge on the eve of the tenth anniversary of nine eleven some fear that the u.s. war on terror has created more enemies than it's destroyed. plus tell a bit about a cargo strike at new sourdough whatever lation says an angry mob at the egyptian capital storms the israeli embassy forcing its staff to leave the country.

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russia city of jeddah slava list made its last respects to the victims of wednesday's plane crash that killed almost all of the top local ice hockey teams. thousands of people streaming into the stadium where the locomotive goes level played on sean thomas it jaroslav all as a city mourns and grieves the loss of their stars. a nation on guard a new security threats emerge on the eve of the tenth anniversary of nine eleven as some fear that the u.s. war on terror has created more enemies than it's destroyed. plus a television set of cargo strike at new sourdough of relations as an average bob at the age of capital storms the israeli embassy forcing its staff to leave the country. just after six pm here in the russian capital this is our team expert joining us now the stadium where russia's lokomotiv ice hockey team play their last game has been transformed into a venue of mourning and tears more than one hundred thousand people have attended a ceremony a memory of the team and all others a perished on board the forty two in a crash on wednesday our correspondent sean thomas is witnessin

confirmed there are only two survivors of the forty five who were on board members of the locomotive euro slava hockey team were on board the plane on the way to minsk in belarus the hockey team would do as we've been hearing to play. in the opening game of the season for kontinental hockey league on thursday the team including players as we've been hearing there from a sports correspondent from this know as well a lot of international players german sweden's about into as well as of course russians it's not clear how many of the fatalities were for members of the team at the moment we are thinking that is the majority of them and the rest workroom all right well let's bring in more perspective now to try to shed some light on how this crash may have happened to try and find out more about this got forty two airplanes the radiation expert mark weiss he's a former pilot with american airlines in washington d.c. my very good evening thanks for being on the program tonight let's talk about this plane this call off yet forty two jet split in service isn't it since nine hundred eighty dozens of the