The sole survivor of the plane crash that devastated Yaroslavl’s Lokomotiv ice hockey team last month said in his first public interview Thursday that … On the anniversary of the tragedy, NHL.com honors the … The sole survivor of a plane crash last month that wiped out a Russian hockey team -- including several former NHL veterans -- says the passengers knew they were doomed from takeoff. It was also found that the co-pilot was taking a banned drug. A chartered jet carrying Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashes on take-off near the central city of Yaroslavl, killing 43 people. When a plane carrying the Lokomotiv hockey team went down in Russia on Sept. 7, 2011, it shattered the lives of people from across the globe and shook the hockey world. The NBC Olympics-produced documentary, narrated by Liev Schreiber, examines the tragic events surrounding Sept. 7, 2011, when an airplane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), crashed outside the Russian city of Yaroslavl, killing 44 of 45 people on board, including 37 players, coaches and staff. 2011 plane crash Main articles: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash and 2011–12 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl season On 7 September 2011, the Lokomotiv club was to travel to Minsk for its first game of the 2011–12 KHL season when the airplane that was carrying the team crashed following a botched take-off from Tunoshna Airport . The jet carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashed because of incorrect braking, which caused the plane to take off too sharply. On Sept. 7, 2011, the jet carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey club crashed near Tunoshna Airport in Yaroslavl. "Russian hockey has been stunned by news of a plane crash which has killed almost all of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl’s team as they travelled to Belarus for their opening fixture of the Several former … [3] A plane carrying the KHL's Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team crashed just after take off on Wednesday, killing all but two of those on board. ↑ Wikipedia - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash ↑ Wikipedia - Hendrick Motorsports crash ↑ Wikipedia - Zambia soccer plane crash ↑ Wikipedia - Alianza Lima plane crash ↑ Wikipedia - Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 ↑ Wikipedia - Marshall University plane crash ↑ Wikipedia - Wichita State Uni crash ↑ Wikipedia - Air Florida Flight 90 Sportsnet Video “Yaroslavl was in tragedy,” said Andrei Tutarikov, an employee of the Region of Yaroslavl who arrived at the crash scene just 20 minutes after the plane went down. The plane was carrying the Lokomotiv hockey team from Yaroslavl to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where the team was to play Thursday against Dynamo Minsk …