American Airlines pilot identified by grieving father on ‘worst day of his life’ Figure skating young sisters and a famed couple in the sport have been identified among 67 killed in the American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter crash in Washington, DC.
Just days before the crash, the American sisters participated in the US Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas, where the doomed American Eagle flight operated by American Airlines departed from.
Russian figure skating couple Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who won the 1994 world pairs title, were on board a US passenger jet that crashed in Washington on January 29, 2025, Russian news agencies reported.
More than 30 bodies have been recovered from the Potomac River after the Thursday night mid-air crash, including multiple figure skaters of all ages, accolades and fame, and American Airlines Flight 5342 crew.
The married couple also attended the US Figure Skating Championships in Kansas.
