Flight engineer Alexander Sizov, injured in the Yak-42 passenger liner crash near Yaroslavl has been transferred from intensive care to the burns department and he is showing minor signs of improvement, a Moscow medical source told Interfax.
"Sizov was moved from intensive care to the burns department last night and his condition is slightly improving," he said.
"The effects of the injuries, including the skull injury, have been stabilized and doctors have concentrated on treating the burns. Sizov is in medication sleep," the source said, but declined to provide further details.
Sizov is the only survivor of the crash of a Yak-42 passenger liner one kilometer from the Tunoshna airport near Yaroslavl on Sept. 7. The plane was carrying the Lokomotiv ice hockey crew and was flying to Minsk. Forty-four people were killed in the crash, including 37 passengers and seven crewmembers. Sizov is at Moscow’s Sklifosovsky Emergency Medicine Clinic. He remains in serious condition.
