17 hours ago · Multiple victims of the Washington DC plane crash were associated with US figure skating, Team USA pair skater Luke Wang has confirmed. “Praying for all those on the flight from Wichita to D.C.

18 hours ago · 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 athletes. The skaters were ...

17 hours ago · Russian figure skaters and coaches Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the American Airlines plane that crashed near Reagan Washington National Airport, Russian state-run TASS news ...

The disaster struck a severe blow to the American figure skating program, which had dominated the sport throughout the 1950s. Frank Shumway, who had recently become vice president of U.S. Figure Skating, predicted that it would take as long as four years for the U.S. to regain its world prominence in the sport. [18]

20 hours ago · Washington, D.C. Jan. 30, 2:47 a.m. The American Airlines jet plunged into the Potomac River after the collision. Sixty-four people were on the plane, including figure skaters returning from a ...

Apr 13, 2011 · On February 15, 1961, the entire 18-member U.S. figure skating team is killed in a plane crash in Berg-Kampenhout, Belgium. The team was on its way to the 1961 World Figure Skating...

On Feb. 15, 1961, the 18-member team was killed in a plane crash in Berg-Kampenhout, Belgium, on their way to Prague. The tragedy devastated the country and the world of figure skating.

On Feb. 15, 1961, a commercial aircraft carrying all 18 members of the U.S. figure skating team, who were headed to a competition in Prague, crashed near the Brussels airport, killing...

On Feb. 15, 1961, Sabena Flight 548, traveling from New York City to Brussels, crashed on approach. Among the dead were all 18 members of the U.S. world figure skating team, along with 16 coaches, officials and family members.

Feb 9, 2011 · Fifty years ago, on the morning after Valentine's Day, a Sabena 707 plunged into a field near Brussels. Eighteen U.S. figure skaters were killed — the elite of a nation's whole sport wiped out,...