Among the aircraft passengers were athletes and coaches returning from the US figure skating championship.
On the night of January 30, during a landing at the Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, regional aircraft Bomardier CRJ700 American Airlines collided with the Black Hawk Army’s helicopter (Sikorsky H-60) helicopter. On the aircraft were 60 passengers and four staff, the helicopter had three military on board. No one survived the plane crash, US President Donald Trump said.
Details of disaster
The Bombardier CRJ700 Aircraft PSA Airlines, which conducted 5342 flights from the city of Wicita (Kansas), flew to the Ruigan National Airport National Airport. At that moment, he encountered the Sikorsky H-60 Military Helicopter (Black Hawk).
The Pentagon said the helicopter flew outside the base of Fort Belvoy (Virginia). According to the military, the helicopter made a flight flight. Both the plane and the helicopter fell to the Potomak River. According to authorities, the plane collapsed in some parts and is now underwater at a depth of 1.5-2.4 m.
Reasons
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A military helicopter that fell into the water was reversed, but, apparently, hardly damaged.
Trump said the cause of the disaster was the “unity of bad decisions”. “The helicopter can stop very fast. He had the opportunity to move or down, it could turn. And the turn he made was wrong and, obviously, quite opposite to what he ordered to do,” Trump said.
U.S. Secretary of Transport Sean Duffy said the agency is responsible for the disaster, and it will also make the US Federal Civil Aviation Department.
Riding
The US Figure Skating Federation confirmed that the board of 5342 American Airlines were also athletes and coaches.
“Athletes, coaches and members of their families returned home after participating in the National Development Camp, which was held along with the US figure skating championship in Wichito, Kansas,” the Federation said.
The US Figure Skating Championship Prevagen 2025 was held in Wichito from January 20 to 26.
Director of Boston’s skating club (Boston Figure Skating Club) Dag Zegiba said six people associated with the organization were riding in aircraft. According to him, they were 16-year-old Spencer Lane and Ginna Khan, their mother, as well as coaches Vadim Naumov and Evgeny Shishkov.
Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, as part of the Russian national team, won the World Figure Skating Championship in 1994.
They have been working at the Boston Club since 2017.
Their son Maxim Naumov was in the United States, he took part in Wichito competitions. He flew out of Wichito on January 27, the Boston club director said, along with the fathers of dead skaters.
Source: korrespondent
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