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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits the crash site of a plane with Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on board on a bank of the Tushna River near in the city of Yaroslavl, 300 kilometres (185 miles) northeast of Moscow, on September 8, 2011
Thursday, Sep. 08, 2011

Open quoteThe situation remains unfortunate, and a string of air crashes which happened this summer shows that. We cannot go on like that. Close quote

  • DMITRY MEDVEDEV,
  • Russian president, on the need for better aviation safety after the tragic plane crash carrying members of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavi hockey team just northeast of Moscow. 43 people were killed
Photo: DMITRY ASTAKHOV / AFP / Getty Images | Source: Al-Jazeera