Published On: Thu, Jan 30th, 2025

Doomed American Airlines flight was carrying elite figure skaters going home from a training camp


Perhaps a dozen or more elite figure skaters were onboard the American Eagle flight that collided midair with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night, officials said.

Those athletes had been participating in a development camp in Wichita, Kansas, targeting promising young skaters, Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe said.

“To the best of our knowledge, 14 skaters returning home … were lost in the plane crash,” Zeghibe told reporters in…



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