On September 7, 2011, the Yaroslavl hockey club Lokomotiv died in a plane crash. The Yak-42 plane was carrying the entire main team and coaching staff of the Lokomotiv hockey club. Of the 45 people on board, with the exception of hockey player Alexander Galimov and flight engineer, radio-electronic equipment specialist Alexander Sizov, all died on the spot. Hockey player Alexander Galimov was conscious when the ambulance took him away