The tight-knit figure skating community was rocked when an American Airlines flight carrying athletes, parents and coaches from a development camp in Wichita, Kansas, collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River.

Frenchman Adam Siao Him Fa paid tribute to the victims of the plane crash in the United States after taking the men's singles lead on a sombre Thursday at the European figure skating championships.Former Russian world pairs champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov and at least two other elite skating coaches,

The governing body of figure skating in the U.S. said team members were on the American Airlines passenger jet that collided with an Army helicopter.

The International Skating Union ISU has expressed its shock at an airplane crash that occurred in the United States on Wednesday evening with sever

The couple's son finished fourth last week at the U.S. national championships in Wichita, Kansas. He was not on the same flight that crashed.

Six of the people on the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington had ties to the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood.

A massive search operation is underway after a passenger aircraft carrying 64 people collided midair with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, according to aviation and defense officials.

US Figure Skating said that skaters and their teams were on board the flight after attending a training camp in Wichita, Kansas.

Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe said Thursday that skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane were among those killed, along with 1994 pairs world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov. In all,

A massive search operation is underway after a passenger aircraft carrying 64 people collided midair with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, DC, according to aviation and defense officials.