Yaroslavl plane crash: 31 bodies found at the moment

07 Sep 2011 | Davide Tuniz

Forward Ivan Tkachenko is the first confirmed dead. Stefan Liv also confirmed dead.

Deputy chief of the National Center for Crisis Management Emergency Situations Ministry Sergei Miroshnichenko confirmed to 'Komsomolskaya Pravda' that 32-year-old forward Ivan Tkachenko was recognized among the bodies rescued in the plane crash near Yaroslavl.

Miroshnichenko also confirmed that on board were 45 people, 11 of them foreigners, and only two of them survived and were sent to the hospital. According to the ministry, 31 bodies of the 43 victims were found. "Yak-42 broke into three parts, one is on the ground, and two in the water of the river Tulosha, a tributary of the Volga," said Miroshnichenko.

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