Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included athletes returning from the U.S.

The Philadelphia Skating Club and other figure skating clubs nationwide are offering condolences following deadly plane crash in Washington D.C. involving skaters and coaches. Philadelphia-based ice skaters are offering condolences following a deadly plane crash in Washington D.C. involving skaters and coaches.

A Boston-area skating club reportedly lost two skaters, their mothers, and two coaches in the mid-air plane collision in Washington, D.C.