Russian figure skaters among those on Washington DC plane that collided with helicopter | World | News
Russian figure skaters were among the 64 onboard the passenger plane that collided with a helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in Washington DC on Wednesday night, according to reports.
Russia‘s state-owned Tass news agency is reporting that two figure skaters from the country we onboard, citing a “source”.
According to the outlet, Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who were married and won won the world championship in pairs figure skating in 1994, were both on the passenger jet – though this has not been confirmed.
The American Airlines flight was carrying 60 passengers and four crew when it collided with a military helicopter and plunged into the Potomac River Wednesday night, splitting the aircraft in two approximately seven feet below the water’s surface, officials said.
DC’s Fire and EMS Chief John A. Donnelly Sr. said all search-and-rescue efforts being conducted at the moment are in the water, describing the conditions as “dangerous.”
“If you can imagine, the river is a large black spot at night with no lights on it, except for a few buoy lights,” he said.
Donnelly said he expected the investigation into the collision to take longer.
Three soldiers were in the helicopter, which was on a training flight, according to officials.
President Donald Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform that the crash is “a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented”.
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