Multiple skaters who died on the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. have been identified.

U.S. Figure Skating confirmed that members of its skating community, including athletes, coaches, and family members, were aboard American Airlines Flight 5342.

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, the 1994 World Figure Skating champions in pairs representing Russia, were among the 64 passengers killed aboard American Airlines 5342 when it

After the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, some young athletes stayed a couple of additional days for further development.

The athletes were flying from Wichita, Kan. to Washington D.C. on American Eagle Flight 5342 when the crash occurred around 9 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Members of the U.S. Figure Skating Team were aboard American Airlines flight 5342 that collided with an Army Blackhawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. In a statement by U.S. Figure Skating, athletes, coaches and family members were returning home from the national development camp held in conjunction with the U.

U.S. Figure Skating confirms "several members of our skating community" were on the flight: "We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy."

A crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter also claimed the lives of students, as a group of union steamfitters from the Washington, D.C.,

The national governing body of figure skating in the U.S. confirmed the deaths of skaters and coaches in a deadly plane crash Wednesday near Washington, D.C.

On board the crashed flight were figure skaters and their families, friends and coaches, U.S. Figure Skating confirmed.

People reported that “several members” of the U.S. figure skating team were onboard American Airlines Flight 5342, which plummeted into the Potomac River after colliding with a Black Hawk Sikorsky H-60 helicopter around 8:45 p.m. local time as the plane approached for landing at Ronald Reagan International Airport.