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Eyewitness reports from the scene suggested the aircraft labored to get airborne before falling and breaking apart. The flight recorders of the plane have not yet been recovered. Prosecutor-General Yuri Chaika has ordered an investigation into transport safety legislation compliance by Yak Service,juicy couture outlet the company that owned the Soviet-designed Yak-42 passenger plane, as well as the airport and transport administration services. Far-Reaching Tragedy The head of the International Ice Hockey Federation, Rene Fasel, called it the "darkest day in the history of our sport." Players or coaches who died in the fiery crash came from at least eight countries: Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine. Similar makeshift memorials have been set up in towns and cities in many of the victims' home countries, including Prague, Bratislava, and Minsk. Russian Ice Hockey Federation President Vladislav Tretyak offered condolences to victims' families and the devastated hockey club, describing it as "a big loss for Russia's hockey because there were a lot of good players on the team." This crash is likely to have a severe impact on Russian hockey. Lokomotiv has been a top contender in the Kontinental Hockey League. Billionaire businessmen and large companies have been pumping money into the league formed in 2008, improving arenas and raising salaries in an effort to retain local players and recruit stars from abroad. The team was headed to the Belarusian capital, where they were to play their season opener. Alyaksey Torbin, the director general of the team Lokomotiv was to play, Dinamo Minsk, offered his condolences. "For us it's a real shock, we'd like to offer our deepest condolences to the families of those who died," Torbin said. "Club Lokomotiv was one of the strongest clubs in the hockey league and the audience here were really looking forward to the match and we were fully booked for [the match with] Lokomotiv." After the tragedy, the league announced its decision to postpone the start of its season, with news to follow of the revised opening dates and schedule. "The opening games will be postponed indefinitely, following a decision taken by President Alexander Medvedev and the chairman of the board of directors Vyacheslav Fetisov on Thursday morning. Information about future game schedules will be announced in the near future," the Kontinental Hockey League said on its website.
