US Determine Skating mentioned on Thursday (Jan 30) that a number of skaters had been on an American Airways regional passenger airplane that crashed near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday.
The airplane, with 64 passengers and crew, was en path to Washington, DC, from Witchita, Kansas, when it was concerned in a mid-air collision with a U.S. Military helicopter.
US Determine Skating, 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 together with the US Determine Skating Championships in Kansas.
“We’re devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and maintain the victims’ households intently in our hearts,” it mentioned in a press release.
A supply advised Reuters that as many as 15 individuals on the flight might have been concerned in determine skating.
Officers haven’t mentioned how many individuals died within the accident however have prompt 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 airplane. Their son, Maxim, additionally a skater, may have been on the airplane, Russia’s TASS and RIA information businesses reported.
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 response to its web site.
