There are two young skiers, along with their mothers and coaches, among those who were killed in the deadly plane crash that occurred when an American flight collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter while approaching Washington, DC, Wednesday night.
Boston’s ski club said that Spencer Lin and Jenna Han, along with their mothers, Christine Lynn and Jane Han, and coaches Vadim Numov and Evghania Shishkova were on the trip.
Both skiers were attending a national development camp in Whitchita, Kansas, who followed the skiing championship in the United States at the end of last week.
Officials told reporters on Thursday morning that a total of 60 passengers and four crew members were on the US Airways flight, and it is assumed that three soldiers on a training flight at Black Hawk helicopter had died.
“There are no survivors,” said US President Donald Trump on Thursday.
Lynn was a hero in the 2025 champion of the Mediterranean champion and became common on social media in the ski community, with thousands of followers on Instagram and Tiktok.
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“I am very happy to qualify for the National Development camp earlier in November, it was almost my goal since I realized that it was something,” Lynn wrote in a post on Wednesday afternoon.
“I have learned a lot of new information that I can apply to my daily life, and I met a lot of amazing people.”
Shortly before taking off, Lynn published a story on Instagram that showed a plane wing with words indicating the airport symbols of Whitchita Dwight Eisenhower National Airport (ICT) and Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA), pointing to the flight path.
A Instagram screenshot screenshot by Spencer Lin, which was confirmed as a victim of the US Airways Airplane accident on January 29, 2025. Lin posted this photo to the plane’s ward, indicating his flight from Witchita, was. To Washington, DC, before taking off.
Instagram/@Spencerskates26 – Spencer Lin
Han was described as an Olympic hope in 2022 American media coverage of its professional ski life.
she I put the second In the short program for novice ladies two months ago in the Eastern Individual Finals of 2025 while it was the ski club in Boston.
During a press conference on Thursday morning, Doug Zigabi, CEO of Al -Tamji Club, spoke about the “horrific tragedy”.
“Ski is very close and narrow,” he said.
“Six is a terrible number for us, but we are lucky and grateful, it was not more than six. This will be long, as it reaches traces of our ski community.”
Zeghibe indicated that it is not the first loss of Boston Club, as it indicated that the plane crashed in 1961, which killed the entire American delegation on its way to the World Championship in Prague. He told reporters nearly half of the plane, they were part of the club.
He said that the accident also had “long -term effects” of the club and sports.
“When you lose coaches like this, you also lose the future of sport,” he said. “I personally feel that this club, the ski club in Boston, has come out 60 years after this was crashed in 1961.”
Shishkova and Norov moved to the United States after winning the 1994 world championship and became coach, first at the International Ski Center in Connecticut and have been in Boston since 2017, which has been a training land for skiers worldwide since 1912.
Ski skating in the United States confirmed that Shishkova and Numov were on the trip, along with many skiers, coaches and family members.
“We feel sad when we learn that personal skiers, along with their families, friends and coaches, is understood that they are among those on board.” “Our thoughts with everyone affected by this tragedy.
–With files from the Associated Press and Global News’ Katie Scott
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