Report: Pilot error, drug use blamed for KHL plane crash

The plane crash that killed nearly the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team was a tragedy. Now, it is made all the more heartbreaking with the news that it might have been preventable. A report published by the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee says that pilot error, potentially coupled with one pilot's prescription drug use, is to blame for the fatal crash that left 44 dead. One or both of the pilots applied the plane's brakes during liftoff, according to the report, resulting in a failed takeoff attempt that was at too steep an angle and too slow a speed. Potentially compounding...