US Determine Skating mentioned on Thursday that a number of skaters had been on an American Airways regional passenger aircraft that crashed close to Ronald Reagan nationwide airport on Wednesday.
The aircraft, with 64 passengers and crew, was en path to Washington DC, from Witchita, Kansas, when it was concerned in a midair collision with a US Military helicopter.
The governing physique for determine skating in america mentioned athletes, coaches and members of the family had been getting back from the nationwide improvement camp held along with the US determine skating championships in Kansas.
“We’re devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and maintain the victims’ households carefully in our hearts,” it mentioned in an announcement. “We’ll proceed to watch the state of affairs and can launch extra data because it turns into out there.” A supply instructed Reuters that as many as 15 individuals on the flight could have been concerned in determine skating. Officers haven’t mentioned how many individuals died within the accident however have instructed that there could also be no survivors.
Russian state media in the meantime reported that ice skating coaches and former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov had been amongst these on board the aircraft. Their son, Maxim, additionally a skater, may additionally have been on the aircraft, Russia’s Tass and RIA information businesses reported.
Shishkova and Naumov, who had been married, gained the world championships in pairs determine skating in 1994 and lived in america, the place they educated younger ice skaters. Maxim Naumov had been competing on the US determine skating championships in Wichita, Kansas, in line with the occasion’s web site.
Inna Volyanskaya, a former skater who competed for the Soviet Union, was additionally reported to have been on board, Tass mentioned. She was a coach on the Washington determine skating membership, in line with its web site.
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