Russian airliner in fatal crash

7 September 2011 Last updated at 09:20 ET

An airliner carrying a major league ice hockey team has crashed in Russia killing 36 people.

Reports said the plane burst into flames near an airport at the city of Yaroslavl, about 200km (140 miles) north of Moscow.

Members of the local ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl were on board the plane.

Emergency officials said one person survived the crash, the cause of which has not been confirmed.

Reports said the plane was a Yak-42, a mid-sized jet with a capacity of more than 100 passengers.

The hockey team was heading to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where it was due to play against Dinamo Minsk in the opening game of the season of the Continental Hockey League.

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