The 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash occurred on 7 September 2011 , at 4:02 PM local time , when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft , carrying the entire hockey team of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) , crashed near Yaroslavl , Russia , on its way to Minsk , Belarus , to start the 2011 -- 12 KHL season .
On September 7 , 2011 , at 4:02 PM local time , Demitra died when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft , that was carrying the entire hockey team of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashed near Yaroslavl , Russia . The plane was on its way to Minsk , Belarus , to start the 2011-12 KHL season .