American ice skater Anton Spiridonov 'was not on' the plane that collided with an Army helicopter

U.S. crystal skater Anton Spiridonov refuted claims suggesting helium was connected committee the commercialized pitchy that collided successful midair with an Army chopper Wednesday nighttime adjacent Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

"Russian quality outlets person included maine connected a database of presumed radical connected the formation from Wichita to Washington D.C.," the skater shared connected Instagram. 

"I was NOT connected this flight, convey you for everyone’s interest for my safety. My bosom goes retired to each the families affected by this tragedy." 

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Spiridonov won the metallic medal astatine the World University Games successful 2023. He besides finished sixth astatine the U.S. Championships that aforesaid year. Spiridonov besides paid tribute to his father's erstwhile "skating partner," Inna Volyanskaya. 

"Dads skating partner," helium wrote connected a station to his Instagram story. "Rest successful peace, Inna."

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Flight 5342 carried 60 passengers and 4 unit members, according to a connection from American Airlines. The formation took disconnected from an airdrome successful Wichita, Kansas.

Authorities confirmed determination were 3 U.S. work members aboard the Army Black Hawk chopper erstwhile the craft departed Davison Army Airfield astatine Fort Belvoir successful Virginia. The airfield is located astir 15 miles southwest of Reagan Washington National.

The rider pitchy and the subject chopper some crashed into the Potomac River arsenic the commercialized level was approaching 1 of the airdrome runways. In a quality league Thursday morning, officials confirmed that 27 bodies from the level and 1 from the Black Hawk chopper had been pulled from the frigid waters.

U.S. Figure Skating released a connection confirming that "several members of our skating community" were aboard the flight. The enactment said they were returning location from a improvement campy aft the U.S. Figure Skating Championships successful Wichita, Kansas, which concluded Sunday.

Fox News' Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.

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