A pair of World Champion Russian figure skaters were aboard an American Airlines flight returning from a development camp that followed the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, according to published reports.

Six members of The Skating Club of Boston were on the American Airlines flight that collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River near Washington D.C. on Wednesday.

Six of the victims on the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River have been identified as members of the Skating Club