Six members of figure skating group on doomed Washington DC flight are named... with 14 on the plane in total
Six members of figure skating group on doomed Washington DC flight are named... with 14 on the plane in total
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Six members of the figure skating group who were on board the American Airlines flight that crashed in Washington DC have been named. It comes amid multiple reports that there were at least 14 people in the party who were on board the fight from Wichita, Kansas.
Everyone aboard the jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members from Wichita Airport in Kansas that collided with an Army helicopter is feared dead. Doug Zeghibe, the chief executive and executive director of the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, has announced the names of the six people associated with his club who were on board.
They are: Jinna Han, Jin Han, Spencer Lane, Christine Lane, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova. It comes after Spencer Lane shared a photo from inside the doomed plane shortly before it crashed. Spencer Lane (top) is pictured on the podium during a previous tournament. He was on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington DC, killing at least 30.
Spencer Lane, 26, shared this photo from inside the doomed American Airlines plane. Russian figure skaters Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov are reported to have been on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into a Black Hawk helicopter. Their son Maxim Naumov, 23, a prominent Team USA skater, competed at the US Figure Skating Championships in Kansas. He is pictured with his parents - who are also his coaches - and finished fourth in the competition.