The U.S. Figure Skating has reportedly confirmed that several of its contestants and coaches were on the American Airlines flight that met with the fateful incident on January 29, 2025.

Russian-born ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday night,

Figure skaters and their families and coaches were reportedly on board a flight that crashed near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.