U.S. Figure Skating confirmed that “several members of the skating community” and their family members were aboard the plane.

Passengers aboard the flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included figure skaters returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Two figure skating coaches, two teenage figure skaters, and the mothers of the skaters were on the plane when it collided with an Army helicopter.

American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was attempting to land when the plane and a Black Hawk helicopter collided.

Russian figure skaters as well as other Russian nationals were on the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army ...