A pair of 16-year-old skaters, their mothers, and two Russian coaches were among the passengers on board an aeroplane that hit a helicopter above Washington DC on Wednesday evening, the group's skating club in Boston says.

At least 14 members of the US Figure Skating team were on the American Airlines flight that collided mid-air with a military helicopter over Washington, DC, Wednesday night, according to a report.

In 1961, the entire United States figure skating team was killed when the plane escorting its members to the world championships in Prague crashed in Belgium. Ten members of the delegation were from The Skating Club of Boston; a plaque was placed in the ...

Wednesday's plane crash that killed a yet-unknown number of U.S. figure skating team members recalls memories of another tragedy nearly 64 years ago.

At least a dozen figure skaters, coaches and their family members were on the plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., including two teenage competitors and a Russian husband-and-wife coaching duo.

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

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Central North Carolina has a close knit figure skating community that was rocked by a horrific tragedy on Wednesday. A Triangle figure skating coach told ABC11 that Thursday has been a day of grieving.

The collision of a commercial jet and an Army helicopter Wednesday night in Washington, D.C. that killed more than 60 people has been especially devastating to the figure skating community. Fourteen members of the skating community were among the dozens killed when the plane crashed and landed in the Potomac River.

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.

Two of those coaches were identified by the Kremlin as Russian figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.

Amber Glenn, a 25-year-old from Plano who defended her U.S. figure skating championship last week in Wichita, was also among the community within the sport devastated by the news. “I’m in complete shock. I’m sorry I don’t even know what to say,” Glenn posted to Instagram on Thursday morning.

The airline tragedy that occurred near, Washington D.C., between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter on Wednesday recalled two other airplane tragedies that occurred decades ago.