Russian ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov have been on board the American Airways airplane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday night time, Russian state media reported.
Shishkova and Naumov, who have been married to one another, gained the world championships in pairs determine skating in 1994 and had reportedly lived in america since at the very least 1998, the place they skilled younger ice skaters.
Their son Maxim, who competed for america in singles, was additionally feared to have been on board the airplane, Russia’s TASS and RIA information businesses reported.
He had been competing on the US determine skating championships in Wichita, Kansas from Jan. 20-26, in response to the occasion’s web site.
The couple have been reported to have been coming back from the competitors and travelling with a bunch of younger skaters.
Russia’s Mash information outlet revealed a listing of 13 skaters, lots of them the youngsters of Russian emigres to america, who it stated have been believed to have been on the airplane.
Inna Volyanskaya, a former skater who competed for the Soviet Union, was additionally reported to have been on board, TASS stated.
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She was a coach on the Washington determine skating membership, in response to its web site.
An American Airways regional passenger jet and a US Military Black Hawk helicopter crashed into the Potomac after a mid-air collision close to Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport on Wednesday night time, officers stated.
