World Figure Skating Champions Shishkova, Naumov on Board of Plane Crashed in US, Source Says

© Getty Images / Chris Cole/ALLSPORTEVGENIA SHISHKOVA AND VADIM NAUMOV OF RUSSIA PERFORM THEIR PAIRS FREE SKATING ROUTINE DURING THE WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA IN BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.
EVGENIA SHISHKOVA AND VADIM NAUMOV OF RUSSIA PERFORM THEIR PAIRS FREE SKATING ROUTINE DURING THE WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA IN BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.  - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 30.01.2025
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - World figure skating champions of 1994, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, were on board the plane that crashed in the United States, a source told Sputnik on Thursday.
On Wednesday evening, a military helicopter that was reportedly operated by the US Army collided with a passenger jet approaching to land at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Washington, DC. From January 21 to 26, the US Figure Skating Championships were held in Wichita in Kansas, US.
The total of 18 bodies and no survivors has been recovered so far from the site of the aircraft collision, the media reported.
Emergency units respond after a passenger aircraft collided with a helicopter in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 30.01.2025
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