Multiple figure skaters were on board an American Airlines regional passenger plane that collided with a U.S. Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, U.S. Figure Skating has said.
The jet, identified as a CRJ700 operated by PSA Airlines, a subsidiary of American Airlines, was on a flight from Wichita, Kansas, carrying 60 passengers and four crew members. It was approaching Reagan Airport in Crystal City, Virginia, about five miles from Washington, when the mid-air collision occurred at about 9 p.m. local time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
