"Several members" of the U.S. figure skating community were on American Airlines Flight 5342, according to U.S. Figure Skating.

Here are some of the victims of the tragedy identified so far. First Officer Sam Lilley and Capt. Jonathan Campos Sam Lilley, a young fiancé awaiting his fall wedding, was piloting the American Airlines flight that was minutes away from a safe landing when a collision with an Army helicopter plunged both aircrafts and everyone on board into Virginia’s Potomac River.

The Kansas City Figure Skating Club reacted to the loss of a community in a plane crash near DC.

Some skaters, their families, and coaches were on American Airlines Flight 5342 that crashed with a military helicopter on Wednesday night.

Coach Alexandr Kirsanov and skaters Angela Yang and Sean Kay were on the plane, Kirsanov's wife, Natalia Gudin confirmed.

U.S. Figure Skating announced that 'several members of our skating community' were on the American Airlines flight that crashed into the Potomac River

Officials believe there are no survivors after a plane with 64 people aboard crashed into a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport.

Several members of the figure skating community have spoken out after several athletes and their families were involved in a plane crash

Kim Navarro, the director of skating at Snoopy’s Home Ice who attended last week’s U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas, knew some of the skaters killed in Wednesday’s plane crash in Washington,

Neither American Airlines nor U.S. aviation authorities have released an official list of the passengers and crew aboard the commercial flight, but a number of them have been identified in media reports.

They were among 60 travellers and four crew members on board the commercial flight that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter.