What we know about Washington DC air crash victims

Here is everything we know about the 67 victims of the DC air collision near Washington DC

The American Airlines flight had 60 passengers, and four crew members, and the Army Blackhawk helicopter had three servicemembers on board.

What is known so far about crash victims

By Savannah Hulsey Pointer Contributing Writer  Military personnel, figure skaters, and plumbers were among the 67 people who died in the midair collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter on Wednesday.  Officials announced their shift from a rescue to a body recovery effort within hours of the crash and said there were no survivors.  American Airlines flight 5342, direct from Wichita, Kansas, to Ronald Reagan Washington National…

What We Know So Far About Midair Crash Victims

Military personnel, figure skaters, and plumbers were among the 67 people who died in the midair collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter on Jan. 29. Officials announced their shift from a rescue to a body recovery effort within hours of the crash and said there were no survivors. American Airlines flight 5342, direct from Wichita, Kansas, to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, collided with an Army helicopter and crash…

The 67 people who died in an air collision between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter included art skaters and their families returning from a skating camp, a group of friends who had been on a duck-hunting trip and crews flying the helicopter and American Airlines flight. Authorities have not published a list of the victims, but family and friends began confirming some of the deaths on Thursday in interviews and social media posts. This i…

What we know about the victims of the Washington plane crash

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.

On board were the promises of American skating, young athletes who were growing up, who had achieved their first successes, their first important medals, the first triple Axels. Their hopes were sunk in the icy waters of the Potomac, in Washington, on the night of January 29, when at 21 the flight departing from Wichita, Kansas and operated by American Airlines, crashed into an army blackhawk. On board were Russian skaters Evgenia Shishkova and …