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Demitra returned to the team for the 2011–12 season; however, on 7 September 2011, he was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash along with the entirety of the team roster and most of the flight crew.
On 7 September 2011, a Yakovlev Yak-42 charter flight operated by YAK-Service, carrying players and coaching staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team, crashed during take-off near Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. All but one of the 45 people on board were killed.
Pavol Demitra (ur. 29 listopada 1974 w Dubnicy nad Váhom, zm. 7 września 2011 w Jarosławiu) – słowacki hokeista, reprezentant Słowacji, trzykrotny olimpijczyk.
7 wrz 2011 · The former Vancouver Canuck star and Slovakian national was one of the victims of the tragic accident that also claimed Canadian coach Brad McCrimmon and several ex-NHLers. The jet carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team crashed shortly after takeoff near Moscow, leaving only two survivors.
7 wrz 2011 · Former Canuck Pavol Demitra is among the 43 dead after a jet carrying a Russian hockey team crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday. Demitra's agent, Matt Keator, confirmed the news for...
15 wrz 2011 · TRENCIN, Slovakia — Thousands of people attended a memorial service at a Slovak hockey arena Thursday to honour Pavol Demitra — the former national team captain who died in a plane crash that...
7 wrz 2011 · Former Minnesota Wild player Pavol Demitra has died as a result of a tragic plane crash in Russia today. A Russian jet was carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) hockey team to Minsk, Belarus...