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Teen skating phenoms, ex-world champions among victims of Washington air crash
White roses stand in tribute at the Skating Club of Boston on Jan 30, 2025. The club is home to athletes Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, and coaches Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, all of whom died in the crash of American Eagle flight 5342 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Reuters/Brian Snyder)
World champion figure skaters, a pilot planning his wedding and teenage skaters seen as the "future of the sport" were among the 67 victims of the deadly midair collision between a commercial jet and a United States Army helicopter near Washington.
Two Chinese citizens were also among the casualties, state media agency Xinhua reported on Friday (Jan 31), citing the Chinese embassy.Â
All 64 people aboard the American Eagle flight that took off from Wichita, Kansas, including 60 passengers and four crew members, and all three soldiers aboard the helicopter were killed when the two aircraft slammed into each other on Wednesday night, causing a fiery explosion.
Here is what we know about some of the victims:
SPENCER LANE AND JINNA HAN
In 2022, Spencer watched Nathan Chen, the superstar American figure skater, win a gold medal at the Olympics and decided he wanted to take up skating too, his father, Douglas Lane, told WPRI in Rhode Island.
