The camp serves as a launchpad for athletes vying for their spot on Team USA in the upcoming world championships.

The Skating Club of Boston CEO Doug Zeghibe pointed out the parallels in the 1961 plane crash and the collision on Wednesday, January 29

The accident was an eerie reminder of the 1961 plane crash that killed the U.S. figure skating delegation en route to the world championships in Prague.

The athletes were flying from Wichita, Kan. to Washington D.C. on American Eagle Flight 5342 when the crash occurred around 9 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The pilot and first officer on the American Airlines plane that crashed into a military helicopter Wednesday night—killing all 64 people on board—have been identified by a colleague and family member as victims alongside American and Russian figure skaters,

Figure skaters and coaches returning from the U.S. national championships were aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter.

As many as 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, and the Black Hawk helicopter was carrying three soldiers. There were no survivors.

Multiple figure skaters from the United States and Russia were among those killed when American Airlines Flight 5342 crashed near Washington DC on Wednesday evening. Officials say at least 28 bodies have been recovered after the passenger jet collided with a US Army helicopter and plunged into the Potomac River.

Two teenage figure skaters, their mothers, and two former world champions who were coaching at a historic Boston club were among the 14 members of the skating community killed when an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac

Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included teen figure skaters returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and their Russian coaches.

The passengers on the American Airlines flight included a group of figure skaters, their coaches, and family members. The group was returning from a development camp that followed the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita,

Washington, United States - This footage illustrates emergency personel conducting search and rescue efforts after a passenger plane collided with a US Army helicopter midair at Reagan National Airport near Washington,