Several members' of the U.S. Figure Skating team were onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter over Washington, D.C., the governing body said in a statement.
U.S. Figure Skating confirmed that skaters, coaches, and family were on board the American Airlines jet that crashed near Washington, D.C. Russian-born pairs champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among them.
Fourteen members of the figure skating community were killed in the January 29 plane crash in D.C, according to Skating Club of Boston’s Doug Zeghibe
The national governing body of figure skating in the U.S. confirmed the deaths of skaters and coaches in a deadly plane crash Wednesday near Washington, D.C.
Multiple skaters who died on the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. have been identified.
On board the crashed flight were figure skaters and their families, friends and coaches, U.S. Figure Skating confirmed.
People reported that “several members” of the U.S. figure skating team were onboard American Airlines Flight 5342, which plummeted into the Potomac River after colliding with a Black Hawk Sikorsky H-60 helicopter around 8:45 p.m. local time as the plane approached for landing at Ronald Reagan International Airport.
Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the flight from Wichita, which hosted last week’s U.S.championships.
After the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, some young athletes stayed a couple of additional days for further development.
Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight included figure skaters returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov won a world championship title together in pairs skating in 1994 and narrowly missed out on Olympic medals, before moving to the U.S. and coaching generations of
Everly and Alydia Livingston are among the figure skaters killed when an American Airlines flight collided with a Black Hawk helicopter