After the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, some young athletes stayed a couple of additional days for further development.

Russian ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington on Wednesday night,

American Airlines Flight 5342, a regional jet that had departed from Wichita and collided with a military helicopter on a training flight while on approach to Washington Reagan National Airport.

After a flight that originated in Wichita collided with a helicopter in Washington, D.C., people with loved ones aboard are sure to be desperate for details. People checking in on passengers on American Airlines flight 5342 should call the airline at 1-800-679-8215 for information.