Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included teen figure skaters returning from the U.S.

Tributes have been paid to two teenage skaters, their mothers and two coaches, believed to have been killed in the Washington DC plane crash. At least 30 bodies have been recovered after an American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 people collided mid-air with an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday evening (29 January).

Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday called news of an airplane crash in Washington, D.C. that killed six people with ties to a Massachusetts figure skating club “devastating.”

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.

All 64 people aboard a flight from Wichita, Kansas – 60 passengers and four crew members – and the three soldiers on a U.S. Army helicopter were believed dead after the two aircraft collided in a fiery explosion near Washington,

Two young figure skaters, two of their parents and two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches were among those killed after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.

The Skating Club of Boston confirmed that two skaters, two staff members and two parents died in the plane crash near Washington, D.C.

A Boston-area skating club reportedly lost two skaters, their mothers, and two coaches in the mid-air plane collision in Washington, D.C.

In 1961, the entire US figure skating team — including 10 members of the Skating Club of Boston — were killed in a plane crash in Belgium.

The ice skating community in Greater Boston is waiting to learn if fellow skaters or coaches are among those killed in the mid-air collision of an American Airlines plane.

A statement issued Thursday from U.S. Figure Skating confirmed “several members of our skating community were sadly aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, which collided with a h

Two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches whose son recently finished fourth at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were among those feared dead after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River Wednesday night.