Plane crashes in sports have devastated pro teams and college programs The crash of an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter was the latest to strike the sports world in the U.S. and globally.
They included teenage figure skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, their mothers and two highly regarded Russian-born figure skating coaches, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.
Figure Skating team to the world championships in Prague crashed near the Brussels airport, killing everyone one board.
On Feb. 6, 1958, a plane carrying the Manchester United team and officials crashed as it attempted to take off on a slush-covered runway in Munich.
Six coaches were also on the plane, along with four team officials and six of the group’s family members.
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