"Several members" of the U.S. figure skating community were on American Airlines Flight 5342, according to U.S. Figure Skating.
Here are some of the victims of the tragedy identified so far. First Officer Sam Lilley and Capt. Jonathan Campos Sam Lilley, a young fiancé awaiting his fall wedding, was piloting the American Airlines flight that was minutes away from a safe landing when a collision with an Army helicopter plunged both aircrafts and everyone on board into Virginia’s Potomac River.
Some skaters, their families, and coaches were on American Airlines Flight 5342 that crashed with a military helicopter on Wednesday night.
Officials believe there are no survivors after a plane with 64 people aboard crashed into a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport.
Several members of the figure skating community have spoken out after several athletes and their families were involved in a plane crash
Several members' of the U.S. Figure Skating community 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.
The Skating Club of Boston lost two coaches, two young skaters and their two mothers in the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 in Washington, D.C.
Six members of a figure skating club from Massachusetts, including two teenagers, are among those who died aboard the doomed American Airlines flight that crashed into an Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington,
As many as 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, and the Black Hawk helicopter was carrying three soldiers. There were no survivors.
Teenager figure skaters, world champions, and a pilot planning his wedding were among the 67 people killed when a passenger plane and an army helicopter collided.
American Airlines Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army Black Hawk collided in Washington, D.C. Authorities believe all 67 on board both aircraft died.