Dancing On Ice judge Christopher Dean chokes back tears as he pays emotional tribute to fellow skaters who tragically died in DC plane crash
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dancing On Ice judge Christopher Dean chokes back tears as he pays emotional tribute to fellow skaters who tragically died in DC plane crash

Daily Mail  

Dancing On Ice judge Christopher Dean choked back tears as he paid a heartfelt tribute to the 17 skaters who tragically died in a Washington DC plane crash on Wednesday. Dancing On Ice judge Christopher Dean choked back tears as he paid a heartfelt tribute to the 17 skaters who tragically died in a Washington DC plane crash on Wednesday American Airlines flight 5342 was moments from touching down when it collided with a Black Hawk Army helicopter. Among the passengers were married couple Evgenia Shishkova, 53, and Vadim Naumov, 56, who won the World Figure Skating Championship in pairs in 1994 Other elite members of the American figure skating team who were expected at the next winter Olympics were also onboard the plane, a bombardier CRJ700. It comes after a member of the US figure skating team shared a photo from inside a doomed American Airlines plane shortly before it crashed Flight 5342, which had 64 people aboard, collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter as it made its final approach to Reagan Airport after 9pm ET.

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American Airlines crash victims’ son breaks down in tears after emotional tribute performance
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American Airlines crash victims’ son breaks down in tears after emotional tribute performance

Hindustan Times  

Maxim Naumov, who lost his parents in the horrific American Airlines crash, paid an emotional tribute while skating at a charity event in DC. Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, Maxim’s parents, died when their passenger plane collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter on January 29. The image shows American Airlines crash victims Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov’s son …

'Legacy on Ice' pays tribute to ice skaters, coaches and others killed in plane crash
2 weeks, 4 days ago

'Legacy on Ice' pays tribute to ice skaters, coaches and others killed in plane crash

NPR  

'Legacy on Ice' pays tribute to ice skaters, coaches and others killed in plane crash A "Legacy on Ice" tribute with performances by Olympians and others honored nearly 30 figure skaters, coaches and family members who were killed in January's plane crash near Washington, D.C. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We humans express our grief in many different ways. The nation's best …

Chen and Kerrigan are added to cast of a figure skating event benefiting victims of DC plane crash
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Chen and Kerrigan are added to cast of a figure skating event benefiting victims of DC plane crash

Hindustan Times  

Nathan Chen, Nancy Kerrigan and Peggy Fleming are among a bevy of figure skaters added to the cast of a benefit event this weekend in Washington, D.C., for victims of the midair collision and crash outside Ronald Reagan International Airport. Chen and Kerrigan are added to cast of a figure skating event benefiting victims of DC plane crash Olympic hopeful …

Each of the young figure skaters killed in the DC plane crash had a story waiting to be told
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Each of the young figure skaters killed in the DC plane crash had a story waiting to be told

Associated Press  

The young figure skaters whose lives were cut tragically short Wednesday night when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River were just beginning their journeys to stardom. “We’re such a tight-knit community — the skating community — that, you know, everybody knows each other in some way or another, or connected in …

DC plane crash: What we know about the 67 victims so far – Teen skaters and Indian immigrants’ daughter among dead
1 month, 3 weeks ago

DC plane crash: What we know about the 67 victims so far – Teen skaters and Indian immigrants’ daughter among dead

Live Mint  

A catastrophic midair collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, claimed the lives of 67 people on Wednesday night. The tragic midair collision left no survivors and took the lives of passengers from diverse backgrounds, including teen figure skaters, military personnel, and families traveling home. Victims details …

DC plane crash: Everything about world champion Russian skating couple who died in tragic incident
1 month, 3 weeks ago

DC plane crash: Everything about world champion Russian skating couple who died in tragic incident

Firstpost  

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, both former world champions and two-time Olympians in pairs figure skating, also worked as skating coaches. Shishkova and Naumov’s glittering career Shishkova and Naumov won a world championship title together in pairs skating in 1994 and narrowly missed out on Olympic medals that year at the Lillehammer Games before moving to the US and coaching …

Father who lost skater son, 16, and wife in DC plane crash fights back tears in heartbreaking footage
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Father who lost skater son, 16, and wife in DC plane crash fights back tears in heartbreaking footage

Daily Mail  

Less than a day after Doug Lane's eldest son, Spencer Lane, and his wife, Christine Lane, tragically died aboard the American Airlines flight that crashed in Washington DC, he has revealed his child's ice-skating journey. Spencer had only taken up ice skating about three years ago after watching Team USA's Nathan Chen win gold at the Beijing Olympics. Doug Lane's …

Global figure skating community mourns the loss of athletes, coaches in Washington plane crash
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Global figure skating community mourns the loss of athletes, coaches in Washington plane crash

Firstpost  

American Eagle Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, plunged into the Potomac River, with President Donald Trump announcing Thursday there were no survivors Global skating community shocked by the loss of 2 world champions and several stars in the Washington DC plane crash. AP Global figure skating’s tight-knit community was in mourning on Thursday after a passenger jet crash in Washington …

DC plane crash widow reveals fateful choice that killed husband and saved her life
1 month, 3 weeks ago

DC plane crash widow reveals fateful choice that killed husband and saved her life

Daily Mail  

A grief-stricken widow who lost her husband on American Airlines Flight 5342 when it crashed in Washington DC has revealed they made a spontaneous decision on who would be on the flight. Natalya Gudin and her husband Alexandr Kirsanov coached two young figure skaters but only one of them would accompany the pair to Kansas for the National Development Camp …

DC plane collision: A ‘bright star’ helicopter pilot, a daughter of immigrants and figure skating champions are among victims
1 month, 3 weeks ago

DC plane collision: A ‘bright star’ helicopter pilot, a daughter of immigrants and figure skating champions are among victims

CNN  

CNN — All 67 people on board the American Airlines regional jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair Wednesday night are presumed dead in the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 2001. “Originally it was just skating, because we’d see each other at the rink and then it just turned into sharing our lives together,” Longerbeam …

DC plane collision: A ‘bright star’ helicopter pilot, a daughter of immigrants and figure skating champions are among victims
1 month, 3 weeks ago

DC plane collision: A ‘bright star’ helicopter pilot, a daughter of immigrants and figure skating champions are among victims

CNN  

CNN — All 67 people on board the American Airlines regional jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided midair Wednesday night are presumed dead in the deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 2001. “Originally it was just skating, because we’d see each other at the rink and then it just turned into sharing our lives together,” Longerbeam …

US plane crash victims included teen figure skaters and Russian coaches
1 month, 3 weeks ago

US plane crash victims included teen figure skaters and Russian coaches

ABC  

A pair of 16-year-old figure skaters, their mothers and two Russian coaches were among the victims of the Washington DC plane disaster. Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe said the group was returning from a national development camp for promising young skaters, after the US Championships in Wichita, Kansas. "We are heartbroken to learn that figure skaters, along with …

Team USA Mourns Loss Of Figure Skaters On Flight That Collided With Helicopter
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Team USA Mourns Loss Of Figure Skaters On Flight That Collided With Helicopter

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Team USA’s CEO said she is “devastated” by the news that several Olympic figure skating hopefuls were on the passenger flight that crashed in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. “Today we join in mourning the profound loss of the passengers aboard Flight 5342 and all those impacted by this tragedy,” Sarah Hirshland, CEO of the U.S. Olympic and …

World champion Russian skaters on American Airlines jet built a new life as coaches in the US
1 month, 3 weeks ago

World champion Russian skaters on American Airlines jet built a new life as coaches in the US

Associated Press  

▶ Follow the AP’s live coverage of a midair collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter. TALLINN, Estonia — The two Russian figure skating coaches killed in the American Airlines crash were two-time Olympians and former world champions in the pairs event. Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov won a world championship title together in pairs skating in 1994 …

Boston skating club says 2 teens among 6 members killed in Washington DC plane crash
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Boston skating club says 2 teens among 6 members killed in Washington DC plane crash

Hindustan Times  

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 Wednesday night and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River, news agency Associated Press reported. Doug Zeghibe, the chief executive at the Skating Club of Boston, said on …

US Figure Skaters, Russian Skating World Champions Among Those Killed In Plane-Helicopter Crash Over Washington
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

US Figure Skaters, Russian Skating World Champions Among Those Killed In Plane-Helicopter Crash Over Washington

ABP News  

US figure skaters and Russian ice skating coaches and world champions of 1990 Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the American Airlines plane that hit a helicopter before crashing into the Potomac River in Washington DC on Wednesday night. The sport's US governing body said in a statement that "several" athletes, coaches and family members, who were involved …

U.S. And Russian Figure Skaters Were Aboard Crashed U.S. Airliner
1 month, 3 weeks ago

U.S. And Russian Figure Skaters Were Aboard Crashed U.S. Airliner

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Elite figure skaters, including two Russian world champions, were among those on board the American Airlines plane that crashed in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, according to local and foreign officials, likely killing everyone on board. Former world figure skating champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were also among those on board, a Kremlin spokesperson said at …

American figure skater Anton Spiridonov rubbishes Russian report he was on plane that crashed in Washington
1 month, 3 weeks ago

American figure skater Anton Spiridonov rubbishes Russian report he was on plane that crashed in Washington

Daily Mail  

An American figure skater who was said to be among the victims of the Washington plane disaster has revealed he was never on board the flight in the first place. Anton Spiridonov posted on Instagram he was not on the plane that crashed in Washington Spiridonov cited 'Russian news outlets' who included him on a presumed passenger list He captioned …

Who are Evgenia Shishkova, Vadim Naumov? All about world champion Russian skaters onboard crashed Washington DC plane
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Who are Evgenia Shishkova, Vadim Naumov? All about world champion Russian skaters onboard crashed Washington DC plane

Live Mint  

Washington DC plane crash: Ace Russian skaters were on board a US passenger jet that collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday. According to Russian news agencies, the world champion couple Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who won the 1994 pairs title, were on the …

Russian skating couple Shishkova and Naumov, 1994 world champions, were on crashed US plane
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Russian skating couple Shishkova and Naumov, 1994 world champions, were on crashed US plane

Hindustan Times  

Former world champion ice skaters Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, both Russian-born coaches, were on the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington DC on Wednesday night. Shishkova and Naumov, who were married and won the 1994 world championship in pairs figure skating, had reportedly lived in the United States since at least 1998 and coached …

Russian figure skaters' 'final words to their son' before American Airlines plane crash with BlackHawk revealed
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Russian figure skaters' 'final words to their son' before American Airlines plane crash with BlackHawk revealed

Daily Mail  

The former Russian world champion figure skaters on board the doomed American Airlines plane that crashed into a Black Hawk helicopter over Washington told their son they are 'proud' of him before the tragedy. Vadim Naumov and his wife Evgenia Shishkova told their son Maxim they were 'proud' of him before boarding the doomed American Airlines flight Russian figure skaters …

Former world champion Russian figure skating couple was onboard American Airlines jet that crashed in Washington
Top News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Former world champion Russian figure skating couple was onboard American Airlines jet that crashed in Washington

Hindustan Times  

Tragedy struck on Wednesday night as a midair collision between an American Airlines regional passenger jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter led to a devastating crash into the Potomac River near Washington. Among the passengers on board were Evgenia Shishkova, 53, and Vadim Naumov, 56, renowned former world champion figure skaters who claimed the World Figure Skating Championship …

US figure skaters, former Russian world champions on board plane that crashed into Potomac River
Top News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

US figure skaters, former Russian world champions on board plane that crashed into Potomac River

The Hindu  

Figure Skating said on Thursday that several skaters were on an American Airlines regional passenger plane that crashed near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday. Figure Skating, the governing body for figure skating in the United States, said athletes, coaches and family members were returning from the National Development Camp held in conjunction with the U.S. A source told Reuters …

Married world champion figure skaters were on board doomed American Airlines jet that crashed into Black Hawk chopper
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Married world champion figure skaters were on board doomed American Airlines jet that crashed into Black Hawk chopper

Daily Mail  

Former Russian world champion figure skaters were on board the doomed American Airlines plane that crashed into a Black Hawk helicopter over Washington. Russian figure skaters Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov are reported to have been on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into a Black Hawk helicopter The couple's 23-year-old son Maxim, a figure skater for Team USA, …

US figure skaters, former Russian world champions on board crashed plane
1 month, 3 weeks ago

US figure skaters, former Russian world champions on board crashed plane

Al Jazeera  

Former world champion couple Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on the US plane, Russian state media has confirmed. The United States figure skating body has confirmed that several skaters were on an American Airlines regional passenger plane that crashed near Reagan Washington National Airport, located just outside Washington, DC in Virginia. Russian figure skaters including world champion couple Evgenia …

World champion figure skaters Shishkova and Naumov, along with young athletes, killed in plane crash in a tragic case of déjà vu
1 month, 3 weeks ago

World champion figure skaters Shishkova and Naumov, along with young athletes, killed in plane crash in a tragic case of déjà vu

CNN  

CNN — Once again, figure skaters representing the past, present and future of the sport perished in a catastrophic plane crash – devastating a global community far too familiar with tragedy. We are devastated by this unspeakable tragedy and hold the victims’ families closely in our hearts.” US Figure Skating has not confirmed the total number of skaters killed. The …

World champion figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov among victims in US plane-helicopter crash
1 month, 3 weeks ago

World champion figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov among victims in US plane-helicopter crash

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River included figure skaters returning from the U.S. Figure Skating said in a statement that several skaters, coaches and their family members were on the commercial flight after attending a development camp that followed the championships that wrapped …

Russian skating couple, world champions in 1990s, was on crashed US plane, reports
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Russian skating couple, world champions in 1990s, was on crashed US plane, reports

India Today  

Russian ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday night, Russian state media reported. Shishkova and Naumov, who were married to each other, won the world championships in pairs figure skating in 1994 and had reportedly lived in the …

Washington DC plane crash: World Champion coaches, rising stars among the victims
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Washington DC plane crash: World Champion coaches, rising stars among the victims

India Today  

– The figure skating world is mourning after an American Airlines flight collided with a U.S. Army helicopter on Wednesday night, crashing into the icy Potomac River and killing all on board. A tight-knit skating community in mourning Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe confirmed that teenage skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, along with 1994 world pairs champions …

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