
Number skaters and trains returning from the current united state championship games were aboard the American Airlines trip that rammed a Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport Terminal on Wednesday, authorities stated.
The united state Number Skating company verified that “numerous participants” of the skating neighborhood were aboard American Airlines Trip 5342 which removed from Wichita, Kansas, and collapsed coming close to Reagan National Airport terminal after hitting a helicopter soon prior to 9 p.m.
” These professional athletes, trains, and relative were returning home from the National Advancement Camp kept in combination with the united state Number Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas,” the company stated.

Emergency situation systems react to aircraft wreck in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport Terminal on Jan. 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia
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” We are ruined by this offensive catastrophe and hold the sufferers’ family members very closely in our hearts,” the company stated. “We will certainly remain to keep an eye on the scenario and will certainly launch even more info as it appears.”
There were 60 travelers and 4 team participants aboard the jet and 3 workers aboard the Military helicopter, which authorities stated got on a training trip at the time of the accident.
Authorities have not openly verified the variety of deaths in the accident.

Emergency situation systems react to aircraft wreck in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport Terminal on Jan. 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia
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At a very early Thursday early morning press conference, authorities stated they were proceeding search-and-rescue procedures in the icy Potomac River yet did not state whether any individual had actually been drawn from the water to life, or verify any type of fatalities.
On the other hand, Russian media reported that 2 Russian number skaters got on board the American Airlines trip, and the governmental representative revealed acknowledgements to the friends and families of those eliminated in the aircraft accident.

SUBMIT PICTURE: Russia’s Vadim Naumov raises his companion Evgenia Shishkova throughout the complimentary skating to win both occasion of the NHK Prize number skating grand prix in Nagoya, main Japan December 9, 1995. REUTERS/Kimimasa Mayama/File Image
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” There were various other of our fellow-countrymans there. Problem from Washington today,” Russian governmental representative Dmitry Peskov stated on Thursday early morning.
Previously, numerous Russian state media electrical outlets reported that the 1994 globe number skating champs in sets, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, got on board the aircraft, though united state authorities have actually not verified these records.