US EditionUS and Russian figure skaters among passengers on plane that crashed in Washington
- Passengers on an American Airlines flight included figure skaters returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and two Russian coaches, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who were confirmed aboard by the Kremlin.
- The flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River, and hopes for survivors diminished by daybreak.
- U.S. Figure Skating expressed devastation over the tragedy, stating, 'We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims’ families closely in our hearts.'
- John Donnelly, the fire chief, announced the transition from rescue to recovery operations, stating, 'We don’t believe there are any survivors.
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Nancy Kerrigan speaks at Skating Club of Boston following deadly plane crash
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Washington DC plane crash: World Champion coaches, rising stars among the victims
Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers and two world champion coaches from Boston were among the 14 members of the skating community killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter on Wednesday night.
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