Doomed American Eagle flight was carrying elite figure skaters going home from a training camp
The camp serves as a launchpad for athletes vying for their spot on Team USA in the upcoming world championships.
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D.C. Plane Crash Has Eerie Parallels to 1961 Event That Killed Entire U.S. Skating Team
The Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe pointed out the parallels in the 1961 plane crash and the collision on Wednesday, ...
‘We are devastated’: Members of US Figure Skating community were on Wichita plane in crash
Several coaches and skaters with the United States figure skating team were on the flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C., ...
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Victims of Wichita plane crash in D.C. include U.S. and Russian figure skaters
The plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., was carrying an unknown number of passengers from the figure skating community, including Russian husband-and-wife world champions. Wichita, Kansas, had ...
Emotions pour from tight-knit skating community following DC plane crash carrying athletes, coaches
The tight-knit figure skating community was rocked when an American Airlines flight carrying athletes, parents and coaches ...
Plane crash kills world champion figure skaters and the ‘future’ of the sport in a tragic case of déjà vu
Once again, figure skaters representing the past, present and future of the sport perished in a catastrophic plane crash.
14 from figure skating community killed in plane crash, six of them from Boston club
Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers, and two former world champions who were coaching at a historic Boston club were ...