Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included teen figure skaters returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and their Russian coaches.

Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers and two coaches were killed when an American Airlines plane collided with a Blackhawk helicopter over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Airport, according to the CEO of the Skating Club of Boston.

Search efforts continue after an American Airlines plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.

Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included athletes returning from the U.S.

Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. remained close until 11 a.m. Thursday morning following the nearby mid-air crash between an American<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

A Boston-area skating club reportedly lost two skaters, their mothers, and two coaches in the mid-air plane collision in Washington, D.C.

Skating Club of Boston CEO and Executive Director Doug Zeghibe said Thursday six people associated with the club were on the American Airlines flight.

A pair of World Champion Russian figure skaters were aboard an American Airlines flight returning from a development camp that followed the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, according to published reports.

Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe said Thursday that skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane were among those killed, along with 1994 pairs world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov. In all,