Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included teen figure skaters returning from the U.S.

The Skating Club of Boston lost two young skaters, their mothers, and two highly regarded coaches, its executive director said Thursday. The post Six people from Boston-area skating club among DC plane crash victims,

Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe said Thursday that skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane were among those killed, along with 1994 pairs world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov. In all,

The CEO of The Skating Club of Boston, Doug Zeghibe, spoke with NBC 10 about the loss of some of his students and staff when a passenger plane collided with a military helicopter in Washington D.C. Zeghibe said,

The ice skating community in Greater Boston is waiting to learn if fellow skaters or coaches are among those killed in the mid-air collision of an American Airlines plane.

More than a dozen flights out of Boston Logan International Airport had been canceled Thursday morning after an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter above Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington,

At least a dozen figure skaters, coaches and their family members were on the plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., including two teenage competitors and a Russian husband-and-wife coaching duo.

Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., is closed Thursday morning after a passenger plane crashed into an Army helicopter Wednesday night. As a result, flights to and from the airport have been cancelled until at least 11 a.m. Thursday, including those out of Boston's Logan International Airport, according to Massport's website.

Two young figure skaters, their mothers and coaches were among those killed in the deadly plane crash near Washington, D.C. after their flight collided with a military helicopter.

A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday near Washington D.C.

Many of the junior figure skaters had traveled to Wichita for U.S. Figure Skating’s National Development Camp, which took place shortly after the national championship. Lipinski, 42, and fellow Olympian Johnny Weir served as broadcasters during the competition.