The European figure skating championships carried on Thursday in Tallin, Estonia, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died in an aircraft collision near Washington, D.C.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The European figure skating championships carried on Thursday, even as the skating world mourned athletes who died when an American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.

As it became apparent that multiple figure skating athletes and coaches had died in a collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter near Washington, D.C., the International Skating Union (ISU) expressed its condolences.