The tragic plane accident that occurred early this Thursday in Washington has caused The death of dozens of people that were traveling aboard the 5342 flight of American Airlines.
The plane crashed into a helicopter and fell to the waters of the Potomac River. The impact caused the aircraft to depart in two.
60 passengers and four crew
On board the commercial flight, 60 passengers and four crew members were traveling, while 3 military went to the helicopter. Among the passengers of the plane was A group of American artistic skaters and Russianstheir coaches and relatives.
“Us Figure Skating (the US Artistic Skating Federation) can confirm that several members of our skating community were sadly aboard the 5342 flight of American Airlines, which crashed with a helicopter yesterday afternoon in Washington, DC “The organization said in a statement that spread local media.
“These athletes, coaches and family members They returned home of the National Development Camp Celebrated with the United States artistic skating championships in Wichita, Kansas, “added the note.
“We are devastated by this indescribable tragedy and take the families of the victims very close to our hearts. We will continue to monitor the situation and publish more information as it is available.”
A group of Russian skaters
“Inna Volianskaya, Winner of the Bronze in Skating in Couples of the championships of the Soviet Union, He was among the passengers of the waiston plane in Washington, “said Russian state agency Tass, citing Fuentes.
In turn, the Telegram Shot channel said the Russian skater Maxim Naumovhe had also approached this fateful flight.
The Ai Zakarián sports agent told Match TV that several Russian athletes were traveling by plane. “I don’t want to mention the names, but there were several of ours,” he said.
Russian media also cite statements from American Skater Luke Wangaccording to which in the aircraft there were several skaters and coaches.
The American skater Jon Maravilla declared Ria Nóvosti that among the passengers of the wrecked plane there were 14 skaters, not counting the coaches and their families.
Maravilla commented that he was saved from boarding the aircraft because they did not admit their dog, and chose to make the car trip.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov has also confirmed the presence of Russian citizens on the plane. “Unfortunately, these sad news are confirmed. There were also other compatriots of ours. Today they arrive bad news from Washington,” he said.
The spokesman for the Russian Presidency sent Your condolences to the relatives of the victims of the wrecked plane.
When asked about the possibility that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, extended his condolences to his American counterpart, Donald Trump, said that “For now there is no contact plan at the highest level”.
The 5342 flight of American Eagle -a regional subsidiary regional anolinea of American Airlines -, from Wichita (Kansas) was doing the approach to the Ronald Reagan Airport of Washington DC when at 20.48 in the afternoon, local time on Wednesday, it collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter.
The rescue authorities admitted that the deployment operates in complicated conditions for the cold and that will run over the early hours of Thursday and the necessary time
