ESPN.com · Jan 30, 2025
Figure skaters on airplane that crashed in Washington, D.C.
Figure skaters, their coaches and family members were passengers on an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
The Skating Club of Boston said six members or associates were killed in the crash. Doug Zeghibe, the executive director at the Skating Club of Boston, said skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane and two of their parents were among those killed.
Also killed were Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who won the pairs title at the 1994 world championships and competed twice in the Olympics. They were listed as coaching at the Boston club.