
Six members of figure skating group on doomed Washington DC flight are named... with 14 on the plane in total
Daily MailSix members of the figure skating group who were on board the American Airlines flight that crashed in Washington DC have been named. Figure skater, Spencer Lane, 26, alongside Russian couple Evgenia Shishkova, 53, and Vadim Naumov, 56, have been confirmed as passengers Spencer Lane, 26, also shared this photo from inside the doomed American Airlines plane Shishkova and Vadim Naumov won the World Figure Skating Championship in pairs in 1994 Their son Maxim Naumov, 23, competed at the US Figure Skating Championships in Kansas The 26-year-old uploaded the photo around 7pm ET Wednesday, which appeared to show the jet taxiing on the runway at Wichita Airport before it took off for its final flight. Figure Skating added in their own statement: 'We can confirm that several members of our skating community were sadly aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, which collided with a helicopter yesterday evening in Washington, D.C. 'These athletes, coaches, and family members were returning home from the National Development Camp held in conjunction with the U.S. Surveillance footage taken from inside the airport also captured the moment the two collided in midair Rescue boats search the waters of the Potomac River for survivors after the deadly plane crash Spiridonov posted on Instagram on Thursday morning: 'Russian news outlets have included me on a list of presumed people on the flight from Wichita to Washington D.C. 'I was not on this flight, thank you for everyone's concern for my safety.
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