American figure skating members, Russian Olympians aboard plane in Reagan National Airport crash

U.S. and Russian fig skaters were connected committee an American Airlines formation that collided with an Army chopper portion landing astatine Ronald Reagan National Airport adjacent Washington, D.C., connected Wednesday night.

U.S. Figure Skating said athletes, coaches and household members were returning location from a campy held successful Wichita, Kansas.

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"U.S. Figure Skating tin corroborate that respective members of our skating assemblage were sadly aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, which collided with a chopper yesterday evening successful Washington, D.C.," the enactment said. "These athletes, coaches, and household members were returning location from the National Development Camp held successful conjunction with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships successful Wichita, Kansas

"We are devastated by this unspeakable calamity and clasp the victims’ families intimately successful our hearts. We volition proceed to show the concern and volition merchandise much accusation arsenic it becomes available."

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Russian fig skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who won a pairs rubric astatine the 1994 satellite championships and competed astatine the Winter Olympics twice, were connected committee the level arsenic well, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters connected Thursday.

"Unfortunately, we spot that this bittersweet accusation is being confirmed. There were different chap citizens there. Bad quality contiguous from Washington. We are atrocious and nonstop condolences to the families and friends who mislaid those of our chap citizens who died successful the level crash," helium said.

The International Skating Union said it was "deeply shocked" implicit the incident.

"Our thoughts are with everyone affected by this tragedy. Figure skating is much than a athletics — it’s a close-knit household — and we basal together," the enactment said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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