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The Day a Hockey Team Vanished: Inside Yaroslavl's Runway Tragedy
The Day a Hockey Team Vanished: Inside Yaroslavl's Runway Tragedy
A sudden, inexplicable failure to climb turned a routine takeoff into a scene of wreckage stretched across two kilometers - and a metal antenna mast stood unmoved amid the fire. Forty-four people aboard a Yakovlev Yak-42D, including veteran NHL players and the club’s new head coach, died when the aircraft never cleared the tree line; what single chain of decisions let a functioning plane fail in just 400 meters?
In this episode, you will hear how the flight unfolded from Tunoshna Airport and what investigators ultimately found…
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