Moscow ( CNN ) -- A day after a plane crash outside the Russian city of Yaroslavl killed dozens of Russian and international hockey players , hundreds of residents and supporters gathered Thursday at the arena where the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv hockey club played to commemorate those lost . Russian TV showed mountains of flowers , scarves , flags and other items bearing the team 's insignia being laid in front of the stadium in Yaroslavl , a city 155 miles northeast of Moscow . Candles were lit and many people were crying . Churches across the city held memorial services , with many fans attending dressed in Lokomotiv jerseys . Fans put up a poster outside the stadium wishing a speedy recovery for one of the team 's leading players , forward Alexander Galimov , who was one of the two survivors of the crash . Doctors say he suffered burns over 80 % of his body . `` Sasha , keep fighting , the country is with you , '' the poster says , using the Russian nickname for Alexander . Galimov and crew member Alexander Sizov , the other survivor , were flown to Moscow for treatment in leading Moscow trauma clinics , state media reported . The Russian Health and Social Development Ministry earlier described their condition as `` serious . '' The Yak-42 passenger airplane was carrying 45 people , including eight crew members , when it crashed just after takeoff outside Yaroslavl Wednesday afternoon . It was bound for Minsk , Belarus , where the team was to play Thursday . Many of those on Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 's roster had ties to the National Hockey League -- which includes teams from the United States and Canada -- including Pavol Demitra , a former Minnesota Wild and Vancouver Canucks center from Slovakia , and Josef Vasicek from the Czech Republic , who had played with the New York Islanders and Carolina Hurricanes . Another Lokomotiv player , Ruslan Salei from Belarus , had skated for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks , Colorado Avalanche and the Red Wings . Lokomotiv head coach Brad McCrimmon , a Canadian who also died in the crash , was an NHL veteran as well , the league said on its website . Yaroslavl Gov . Sergei Vakhrukov has declared three days of mourning in the region , Friday through Sunday , for those killed , his website said . The regional authorities have also decided to pay 300,000 rubles ( about $ 10,200 ) to each family that lost relatives in the incident . The Yaroslavl City Hall , for its part , will pay 150,000 rubles ( about $ 5,100 ) to each family , and the air carrier will also pay 2 million rubles ( about $ 67,700 ) to each family , Vakhrukov said at a press briefing in Yaroslavl . The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry reported Thursday that all 43 bodies have now been found at the accident scene , and divers have recovered both the flight data and voice recorders from the plane . `` Investigators are looking into all of the possible theories behind what happened . However , the most likely theories are a technical malfunction or pilot error , '' Russia 's Investigative Committee said on its website . More than 50 investigators , criminologists and forensic experts are currently working at the scene , the committee said . Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin said all Yak-42 planes currently in operation would undergo extra checks in the next three days . Speaking from a crisis center set up in Yaroslavl to deal with the crash aftermath , he said that at the moment 16 Russian air carriers are using 57 aircraft of this type . President Dmitry Medvedev visited the crash site and laid flowers there Thursday . `` This was a shock for the whole country , '' he said . `` But there is a special aspect to this : the plane was carrying the lineup of a team loved not only in Yaroslavl but also all over Russia , and which was one of the most successful clubs in this country . `` This is a huge loss not only to all of their relatives and beloved ones but also to all fans and the entire state . '' The government will have to take tough measures to upgrade the country 's aircraft fleet , step up safety standards and radically cut the number of air companies , Medvedev said . Passengers ' lives , not the interests of Russia 's aircraft industry , should be the top priority in taking these steps , the president said , speaking at the crisis center in Yaroslavl . Medvedev then went on as planned to the third Yaroslavl political forum , a high-profile annual international event taking place in the city . The Russian president , who delivered a keynote political speech to representatives from 32 countries gathered there , began his address after a moment of silence was held to pay tribute to those killed . The Russian Kontinental Hockey League will now start its regular season Monday , following the commemorative events in Yaroslavl Saturday , the league announced on its website . The chairman of the league 's board of directors and a hockey legend in the country , Vyacheslav Fetisov , said on national TV that many players from other hockey teams had said they want to support the club and volunteered to play for the Yaroslav team . `` We will work on such a transfer mechanism in the near future , '' Fetisov said . And Alexander Medvedev , president of the league , said in a radio interview that `` all the KHL clubs without exception called the league and said they are willing to send their best players to Yaroslavl . ''
Tributes are being paid to the players of Lokomotiv Moscow hockey club who died . Among them were 11 international players , and a number who had ties to the NHL . Only three of the 45 people aboard the plane survived it 's crash . The plane crashed on takeoff from Yaroslavl airport bound for Minsk , Belarus .