At least a dozen figure skaters, coaches and their family members were on the plane that crashed near Washington, D.C., including two teenage competitors and a Russian husband-and-wife coaching duo.

Sarah Hughes explains how the plane crash near Washington DC has impacted the tight-knit figure skating community.

Several coaches and skaters with the United States figure skating team were on the flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C., that crashed Wednesday night, according to U.S. Figure Skating. The flight ...

It's not the first air tragedy in the U.S. figure skating community. The 18-member U.S. team that was set to compete in the world championships at Prague died when Sabena Flight 548 crashed on Feb ...

Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the flight from Wichita, which hosted last week’s U.S.championships.

Russian-born ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday ...

1961 that killed all 18 members of the U.S. figure skating team, plus 16 coaches, officials, judges and family members. Fleming's coach, Billy Kipp, was among those on board the flight, which was en ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 15, 1961, a commercial flight carrying ...