Nikita Klyukin, Russian, world U18 champion (2007), died from a plane crash he was 21.

Nikita Sergeyevich Klyukin was a Russian professional ice hockey centre who played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) died from a plane crash he was 21..^[1]

(November 10, 1989 – September 7, 2011)

Death

On September 7, 2011, Klyukin was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster, when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv team, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials said "'everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team.'"^[2][3][4]


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