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An American Airlines determination pitchy carrying 60 passengers, including U.S. and Russian fig skaters, collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk chopper adjacent Reagan Washington National Airport Jan. 29.
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U.S. and Russian fig skaters are among the passengers feared dead aft a mid-air collision successful the Washington, D.C. area.
American Eagle Flight 5342—a level carrying 60 passengers and 4 unit members aboard—and a United States Army Black Hawk chopper collided mid-air implicit the Potomac River connected the evening of Jan. 29. As of publishing time, 28 bodies person been recovered during hunt operations frankincense far, NBC News Washington reported, citing 2 sources acquainted with the hunt efforts.
The U.S. Figure Skating enactment confirmed that those onboard Flight 5342 included American athletes, coaches and household members who were returning location from the National Figure Skating Camp which was held successful Wichita, Kansas, successful conjunction with the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
“We are devastated by this unspeakable calamity and clasp the victims’ families intimately successful our hearts,” their connection obtained by NBC News read. “We volition proceed to show the concern and volition merchandise much accusation arsenic it becomes available.”
According to Russian media outlets, Russian satellite skating champions Evgenia Shishkova, 52, and Vadim Naumov, 55, who were moving arsenic nationalist squad coaches for Russia, were besides onboard.
"Bad quality from Washington today," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters successful his regular quality conference, per NBC News. "We grieve and console with the families and friends who mislaid those of our chap citizens who died successful this level crash."
The mid-air collision occurred arsenic the rider craft was approaching the runway successful D.C., hours aft departing Wichita, earlier successful the day, according to NBC News. Before landing, the craft collided with the Black Hawk midair earlier 9 p.m., with some aircrafts plunging into the icy Potomac River.
As of Jan. 30, the efforts turned from a hunt and rescue ngo to a betterment mission, arsenic determination are nary suspected survivors.
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