The U.S. figure skating community is in shock at the tragic deaths of several skaters and coaches who were on the American Airlines plane that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday, January 29,

Russian skaters and coaches Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the crashed flight returning from Kansas.

An American Airlines regional passenger jet was involved in a mid-air collision on Wednesday night with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, officials said. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas said on social media that "we know there are fatalities,

A collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D.C, killed 67 people, including more than a dozen figure skaters.

In all, 67 people, including 6 from the Boston area, are feared dead following a collision between a military helicopter and an American Airlines flight.