Recent reports claim that numerous members of a US figure skating team were on board the American Airlines flight that crashed into a US Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. Flight 5342 came into contact with a Black Hawk helicopter mid-air over the Potomac River near Washington,

Several members' of the U.S. Figure Skating community were onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter over Washington, D.C., the governing body said in a statement.