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Originally Posted by Bigsmc
In fact, Lecavalier said all the Russian players would joke, "Oh, this is a Russian plane, be careful."
"Just old. Everything, I don’t know. I didn’t feel safe in the air. I was happy to come back and fly in America. I didn’t feel that the safety we talk about so much over here is the same over there. In the plane, though, it just looked old. It just didn’t look right. It seems that things are done 80 percent of the way or 90 percent. It’s not like here. It’s sad."
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/lightn...harters-russia |
Conflicting information about Lecavalier's friend Ruslan Salei, this article says he was NOT on that plane:
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/more_...fE0DT4PiP10UoI
"Lokomotiv's recent signing from the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, Belarus international Ruslan Salei, had a lucky escape as he had traveled to Minsk earlier for the season opener."