An American Airlines jet carrying 64 people collided Wednesday with a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, with no survivors expected.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the Russian figure skaters were on board the crashed American Airlines plane.
An American Airlines regional jet carrying 60 passengers, including U.S. and Russian figure skaters, collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport Jan. 29.
The American Airlines plane operating as American Eagle Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.
All are feared dead in a crash involving a Black Hawk helicopter built by Connecticut's Sikorsky and an American Airlines plane in Washington, D.C.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Thursday there were Russian nationals on board the American Airlines flight which collided with a US Army helicopter near Washington DC.
According to the FAA, an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided into a 60-passenger flight landing at DCA midair.
Officials believe no one survived the crash involving an American Airlines passenger plane with an Army helicopter. On Wednesday, just before 9 p.m. ET, American Airlines Flight 5342 was involved in a mid-air collision near the Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington D.
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U.S. Figure Skating previously said several skaters, coaches and their family members were on the American Airlines flight that crashed near Washington.
Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the flight from Wichita, which hosted last week’s U.S.championships.