Confirmed victims of Washington DC plane crash include US figure skating champions
by Anna Betts from US news | The Guardian on (#6TYRS)
Promising young skaters also among those onboard as well as passengers from Germany, the Philippines and Russia
Among the confirmed victims of the American Airlines jet carrying 64 people that collided in midair with an army Black Hawk helicopter carrying three soldiers were young figure skaters returning from the US figure skating championships, along with their parents and coaches, and a North Carolina-based flight attendant.
The Skating Club of Boston said in a statement on Thursday that Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, along with their parents Jin Han and Christine Lane and coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the plane on Wednesday night.
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