Married world champion figure skaters on board American Airlines plane that crashed into chopper as 64 feared dead
Married world champion figure skaters on board American Airlines plane that crashed into chopper as 64 feared dead
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WORLD champion figure skaters Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the crashed American Airlines, reports say. The plane plunged into Potomac River in Washington DC after colliding with a US Army helicopter just before 9pm. The married couple, from Russia, were among the 64 people on board the flight, Tass news agency reports.
![[Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov of Russia performing pairs free skate at the World Figure Skating Championships.]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/evgenia-shishkova-vadim-naumov-russia-967764979.jpg?strip=all&w=816)
Shishkova and Naumov won the world championship in pairs figure skating in 1994. US Figure Skating said several members of its skating community were also on board. Hopes are dwindling for survivors with officials warning there are "many, many" dead after the jet reportedly split in two.
![[Emergency response team in a boat at night.]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/emergency-response-team-washington-dc-967753740.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
American Eagle Flight 5342 from Kansas was approaching Runway 33 at Ronald Reagan International Airport when it collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter. Horror CCTV from the Kennedy Center showed the moment the aircraft burst into flames after crashing in the air.
![[Emergency responders at the scene of a plane crash in the Potomac River.]](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/01/2025-arlington-virginia-american-airlines-967724909.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
