Skaters and coaches among victims in DC plane crash

[Minz]

Live updates: American Eagle jet crashes into Potomac River after collision with Army helicopter near Reagan National Airport

The latest news and live updates on the plane crash into the Potomac River.

www.nbcnews.com

There are several reports online that several skaters and coaches from the USFS High Performance Development Camp were on board. From my understanding, most of the other skaters already left Wichita, but there were some still there.

As of right now, there aren't any names, and I obviously don't want to randomly speculate, especially as many of the skaters are children.

I am going to sleep soon, but I will update this thread with any confirmed reports in the morning.

I truly hope everyone is safe.

 

[Ilia4A]

 

[el henry]

Posted in other threads has been that Luke Wang has posted on X and on his IG stories that skaters and coaches were on the plane.

 

[Arriba627]

 

[4everchan]

Omg. That's awful.

 

[Tav]

Really hoping there's no one hurt!

 

[norwegianfairytale]

Terrible news waking up too This is so unreal.

 

[Ilia4A]

Skaters who I have seen updates from who are ok (I don’t know exactly who may have been at the camp so I’ve just been looking for skaters who were at nationals)
Ilia
Sophie Jolene
Patrick Blackwell
Jessi Jurka
Josephine Lee
Jiaying Johnson

 

[ramurphy2005]

Really hoping there's no one hurt!

Unfortunately, it's not looking good.

 

[Ilia4A]

Terrible news waking up too This is so unreal.

I know, I feel sick. It’s a nightmare

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Really hoping there's no one hurt!

Out of 60 passengers (+ 4 crew members and 3 on the army helicopter), there are 18 confirmed fatalities and no survivors found so far. Chances anyone will be found alive are sinking with each passing minute

 

[ramurphy2005]

Posted in other threads has been that Luke Wang has posted on X and on his IG stories that skaters and coaches were on the plane.

He's quoted in an article, too that USFS sent out a text about this to skaters.

https://www.kansas.com/news/local/article299414004.html

 

[Silevril Ilumire]

Skaters who I have seen updates from who are ok (I don’t know exactly who may have been at the camp so I’ve just been looking for skaters who were at nationals)
Ilia
Sophie Jolene
Patrick Blackwell
Jessi Jurka
Josephine Lee
Jiaying Johnson

More skaters who were NOT on the plane:
Luke Wang
Emily Chan
Alisa Efimova & Misha Mitrofanov
Jon Maravilla
Kaitlin Hawayek
Edit:
Ellie Kam (I checked because Luke Wang mentioned team mates)

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Skaters who I have seen updates from who are ok (I don’t know exactly who may have been at the camp so I’ve just been looking for skaters who were at nationals)
Ilia
Sophie Jolene
Patrick Blackwell
Jessi Jurka
Josephine Lee
Jiaying Johnson

Jon Maravilla (Jr Pairs skater) is ok too. Seems like he was supposed to be on this plane but was denied boarding for some reason, which I'm sure he's very grateful for now.

 

[Silevril Ilumire]

I heard on social media that Jon Maravilla was going to be on that flight, but he was turned away at the gate.

 

[TallyT]

This is horrible, please let us know if anyone hears of others who are safe. I understand that, because there are young people involved, care has to be taken with information.

I heard on social media that Jon Maravilla was going to be on that flight, but he was turned away at the gate.

He and his parents are probably thankful, if very worried for others.

 

[surimi]

Praying that a miracle happens and survivors are found yet My heart goes out to the families and friends of those who were on that flight.
Hopefully the cause of the accident is found soon. The anti-collision system has saved many lives, even this very year, but I'm perplexed as to why it failed in this case.

 

[Minz]

Since it’s about 2:30 AM here, I’m going to try and get some sleep.

I’ll update the first post once I wake up. Hopefully by then there’ll be some more concrete (and good) news.

 

[Silevril Ilumire]

Because of Luke Wang’s comment, I looked up other skaters from his school. Luke trains with M&M pairs in Colorado Springs, so I don’t know why training mates would be traveling to D.C. except for personal reasons. So I’m not sure what Luke meant by “his team”. But Ellie Kam is okay.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Not that this is the only reason for this crash (as an army helicopter is involved), but last season the US Senate voted in favour of a bill that allowed more planes to fly to and from DCA daily. At the time, two of the 4 (!) senators who voted against the bill jointly released a statement condemning the Senate for "abdicate[ing] its responsibility to protect the safety of the 25 million people [who annually fly through Reagan airport]".