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  • 1/30/2025
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 agency reported on Thursday (Jan 30), citing a source.

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00:00Russian figure skaters and coaches Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the
00:06American Airlines plane that crashed near Reagan Washington National Airport, Russian
00:11state-run TASS news agency reported on Thursday, citing a source.
00:17The plane, with 64 passengers and crew, was en route to Washington, D.C. from Wichita,
00:23Kansas, when it was involved in a mid-air collision with a U.S. Army helicopter Wednesday
00:27night.
00:28Shishkova and Naumov, who were married, won the world championship in pairs figure skating
00:33in 1994.
00:35Their son, Maxim, also a skater, may also have been on the plane.
00:40A source told Reuters that as many as 15 people on the flight may have been involved in figure
00:45skating.
00:46Officials did not provide a death toll, but U.S. Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas, where
00:51the flight originated, suggested most if not all those on board had been killed.
00:57CBS News, citing a police official, said at least 18 bodies had been recovered.
01:03Two sources told Reuters multiple bodies had been pulled from the water.

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