Skating Club of Boston says two skaters, their parents and coaches were on plane that collided with Army helicopter

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Among the earliest confirmed victims of the American Airlines jet carrying 64 people that collided in midair with an Army Black Hawk helicopter carrying three soldiers were two figure skaters returning from the US figure skating championships, along with two of their coaches and two of their parents.

The Skating Club of Boston said in a statement on Thursday that Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, along with parents Jin Han and Christine Lane and coaches Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the plane on Wednesday night.