"Several members" of the U.S. figure skating community were on American Airlines Flight 5342, according to U.S. Figure Skating.

A pair of young figure skaters, their mothers, and two Russian coaches were among the 60 passengers on board the jet.

U.S. Figure Skating is confirming several members of its skating community are among the victims of the Washington D.C. plane crash. One local figure skater said she knows firsthand just how much these individuals meant to the sport.

Sam Lilley, a young fiancé awaiting his fall wedding, was piloting the American Airlines flight that was minutes away from a safe landing when a collision with an Army helicopter plunged both aircrafts and everyone on board into Virginia’s Potomac River.

Former University of Delaware Figure Skating Club coach Sasha Kirsanov died in the crash along with two young skaters who trained in Newark.

The Skating Club of Boston lost two coaches, two young skaters and their two mothers in the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 in Washington, D.C.

Those involved with the University of Delaware’s High Performance Figure Skating Center have celebrated many triumphs, including in the U.S. Nationals and Olympics. On Thursday they endured the opposite extreme,

The European figure skating championships have carried on, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died when an American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.

The two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champ was also an influential broadcaster for more than five decades.

An American Airlines jet collided midair with a military helicopter in Washington DC on Wednesday evening, killing 67 people. View on euronews

Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe confirmed that skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane and their mothers were among those killed, along with 1994 pairs world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim N