They were among 60 travelers and four crew members on board the commercial flight late Wednesday when it collided with a Black Hawk helicopter that was carrying three soldiers.
Officials say there are no survivors. As the search for remains continued Thursday, communities grieved. Faith leaders held a vigil Thursday in the city council chambers. Paul AME Church. American Airlines set up a hotline as well as centers in Washington and Wichita for people searching for information about family members who may have been aboard the downed flight. The hotline can be reached at This recent handout photograph provided by The Skating Club of Boston shows club skater Spencer Lane, who died in an airplane collision with a helicopter on Jan.
This recent handout photograph provided by The Skating Club of Boston shows club skater Jinna Han, who died in an airplane collision with a helicopter on Jan. This recent handout photograph provided by The Skating Club of Boston shows club coaches Vadim Naumov, left, and Evgenia Shishkova, who died in an airplane collision with a helicopter on Jan.
In a statement, the Lane family recalled Christine Lane for both her singular talents and her dedication to parenting. Their coaches, Shishkova and Naumov, won the pairs title at the world championships in Chiba, Japan. The Russia-born pair also competed twice in the Olympics. Skating organizations in Philadelphia and the Washington area also said some of their young athletes had been aboard the plane. Several athletes on the flight had attended a development camp held after the U.
Suhas Subramanyam confirmed. Cedarville University in Ohio said one of the passengers on the plane was Grace Maxwell, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering. Grace Maxwell had been working on project this semester to create a hand-stabilizing device to help a boy in the area feed himself instead of rely on others, the university said in a statement. Three other students from schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, and six parents from the district were also on board the plane, superintendent Michelle Reid said in a letter to families.
