Six members of the figure skating group who were on board the flight of the American Airlines that crashed in Washington DC have been appointed.
It comes in the midst of several reports that there were at least 14 people in the party who were aboard the battle of Wichita, Kansas.
Everyone aboard the Jet with 60 passengers and four crew members of Wichita Airport in Kansas who collided with an army helicopter is feared.
Doug Zeghibe, the Chief Executive and executive director of the Boston Skating Club in Norwood, Massachusetts, has announced the names of the six people associated with his club that were on board.
They are: Jinna Han, Jin Han, Spencer Lane, Christine Lane, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova.
It comes after Spencer Lane shared a photo from the doomed plane shortly before it crashed.
Spencer Lane (TOP) is depicted on stage during an earlier tournament. He was aboard the American Airlines plane that crashed in the Potomac River in Washington DC, killing at least 30
Spencer Lane, 26, shared this photo from the Doomed American Airlines plane
Russian figure skaters Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov are reportedly on board the aircraft of the American Airlines that crashed into a Black Hawk helicopter
Their son Maxim Naumov, 23, a prominent USA -SKATER team, participated in the American figure skating championships in Kansas. He is depicted with his parents – who are also his coaches – and finished fourth in the competition
The 26-year-old uploaded the photo around 7 pm and Wednesday, which seemed to show that the Jet-Taxiing seemed to show on the runway on Wichita Airport before he leaves for the last flight.
He subtited the ICT -> DCA – the codes for Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Other elite members of the American figure skating team who were expected at the next Olympic Winter Games were also on board the plane, a Bombardier CRJ700.
They returned to the DC area after attending a national development camp for young skaters in Wichita, Kansas.
Russian figure skaters Evgenia Skhiskhkova and Vadim Naumov, who accompanied Lane, is also supposed to have been on the plane.
Their team USA Figure Skater Son Maxim 23, was in the Wichita camp, although it is unclear whether he was also on the fateful flight.
In a statement, Zeghibe said: 'Our sport and this club have suffered a terrible loss with this tragedy.
'Skating is a close community where parents and children come together 6 or 7 days a week to train together and work together. Everyone is as a family.
'From the skaters, coaches and parents on the plane, we believe that six came from the Boston skating club. We have been destroyed and completely not words.
Surveillance images from the inside also conquered the airport when the two bumped into the air
Rescue boats look for the waters of the Potomac River for survivors after the fatal aircraft accident
'These athletes, coaches and parents came back from the national development camp of our figure skating, after last week's American championships in Wichita.
'This camp is for young competitive skaters of tomorrow with the most promise to be a champion of tomorrow. The club sent 18 athletes to participate in the American championships. It sent 12 athletes to the National Development Camp. '
“We were destroyed by this unspeakable tragedy and keep the families of the victims closely in our hearts,” we added figure skating in their own explanation.
Another American figure skater, Anton Spiridonov, who was said to be among the victims, has revealed that he was never in the first place on board.
Spiridonov posted on Instagram on Thursday morning: 'Russian news broadcasts recorded me on a list of assumed people on the flight from Wichita to Washington DC
'I was not on this flight, thanks for everyone who is worried about my safety. My heart goes out to all the families affected by this tragedy. '
At least 28 bodies were pulled out of the icy waters of the Potomac River after the mid -air collision on Wednesday evening when the helicopter apparently flew on the path of the Jet while he landed on Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington.
Crews were still looking for other victims, but did not believe that there were survivors, which would make the deadly American air accident in almost 24 years.
“We are now at the point where we switch from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” said John Donnelly, the fire brigade commander in the capital of the nation. “We don't believe that there are survivors.”
The body of the aircraft was found upside down in three sections in waist deep water. The wreck of the helicopter was also found.
Emergency response units assess the aircraft wreck in the Potomac River
The aircraft was operated as an American Eagle flight by PSA Airlines for its parent carrier American Airlines
Donnelly said that on Thursday, First Responders searched part of the Potomac River as far to the south as the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, about 3 miles south of the airport.
Images of the river showed boats around the partially immersed wing and the mutilated wreck of the trunk of the plane.
Researchers will try to merge the last moments for their collision of the plane, including contact with air traffic controllers and a loss of height due to the passenger beam.
Reagan Airport will reopen on Thursday at 11 am, the Federal Aviation Administration announced. The FAA said earlier that it would be closed until 5 am on Friday.
Transport secretary Sean Duffy, sworn just earlier this week, was asked if he could ensure that the United States still have the safest airspace in the world.
'Can I guarantee the American flying public that the United States will have the most safe airspace in the world? And the answer is, absolutely yes, we do, “he said.
The night was clear, the plane and the helicopter were both in standard flight patterns and there was standard communication between the plane and the tower, Duffy said.
“We have early indicators of what happened here,” said Duffy, although he refused to elaborate further in anticipation of an investigation.
It was not unusual to let a military plane fly the river and a plane at the airport, he said. Asked if the plane was aware that there was a helicopter in the area, Duffy said he would say that the helicopter was aware that there was a plane in the area.
Asked for President Donald Trump who suggests that the collision could have been prevented in a social media post at night, Duffy said: 'From what I have seen so far, do I think this could be prevented? Absolute.'
More to follow.
