DC Plane Crash Photos: Passenger Jet Collides With Army Helicopter

ARLINGTON, VA — About 300 search-and-rescue experts from the Washington, D.C., region continue to search for the bodies of those killed in the collision of a passenger jet and Army Blackhawk helicopter over the Potomac River.

The American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members onboard collided with the helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday.

The body of the plane was found upside-down in three sections in waist-deep water, officials said. The helicopter's wreckage was also found.

Inflatable boats combed the riverbank and mobile light towers along the shore illuminated the area until daylight on Thursday. Law enforcement helicopters from throughout the region were taking part in the search for bodies, and Coast Guard boats later joined the effort.

Among the passengers were several members of the Skating Club of Boston who were returning from the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita. They included teenage figure skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, the teens' mothers and prominent Russian-born figure skating coaches, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.

Shishkova and Naumov, who were married and had lived in the U.S. for many years, won a 1994 world championship in pairs figure skating. Among their students was their 23-year-old son, Maxim Naumov, a former U.S. junior champion.

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See the photos from the collision and of some of the victims identified below.

The Associated Press contributed to this post.