US figure skaters were aboard plane crashed in Washington, D.C. — media

According to the report, they were returning from the US Figure Skating ... told TASS that Russian figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the crashed plane. Read More

Kremlin Says Russians Were on Plane

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed earlier reports that a pair of Russian figure skaters were on the crashed plane, adding that other Russian nationals were also on board. He expressed ... Read More

Crashed Plane Was Carrying Figure Skaters

(William Purnell/Reuters) U.S. figure skaters, their coaches and family members were on board the flight, the sport's national governing body said early Thursday. “U.S. Figure Skating can ... Read More

Passengers on downed flight included American and Russian figure skaters

WASHINGTON (AP) — Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed ... Figure Skating Championships and two of their Russian coaches. There were ... Read More

Maxim Naumov Gets Standing Ovation at World Figure Skating Championships as He Honors Late Parents: 'This Is for You'

Maxim Naumov received a standing ovation at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Boston on March 30, after skating in honor of his late parents, Evgenia 'Zhenya' Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, ... Read More

He lost his parents in a plane crash; skating has helped him deal with the grief

After losing his parents in a plane crash in late January, Maxim Naumov said skating has helped him deal with his grief. Read More

Eight figure skaters believed to be on board plane that crashed near Washington D.C.

Eight figure skaters and four coaches are preliminarily believed to have been on board the plane that crashed in Washington ... and there were at least three US Army soldiers on board the military ... Read More

Skaters who died in plane crash mourned at Worlds

An American Airlines plane and Army Black ... Of those who died, 28 were skaters, coaches or members of the figure skating community who were returning from the US Championships in Kansas. Read More

Figure skating performances of DC plane crash victims

A pair of young figure 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 figure ... Read More

What we know about the DC plane crash victims

Officials were notifying relatives, he said. Three students from schools in Fairfax County, Virginia and six parents from the district were on board the plane, superintendent Michelle Reid said in ... Read More