WASHINGTON – There weren’t any survivors after a U.S. Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet preparing to land Wednesday night at the Ronald Reagan National Airport.
There were 67 people dead. Three were soldiers in the Black Hawk, and there were 60 passengers and four crew members in the jet that had departed from Kansas.
A dozen of the 67 had been identified by relatives who talked to ABC News, Fox News, and CNN.
AA CREW
Samuel Lilley, 28, was the first officer on board the PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operating as American Airlines Flight 5342.
Jonathan Campos, 34, was the captain. Ian Epstein and Danasia Elder were flight attendants.
THE PASSENGERS
Wendy Shaffer was among the 60 passengers.
Members of the figure skating community were among the passengers. They had been at a development camp after the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita.
The Skating Club in Boston identified victims. Spencer Lane, 16, an athlete, was with his mother, Christine Lane, 49. Jinna Ha, an athlete, was with her mother Jin Han.
There were also several figure skating coaches including Alexander Kirsanov, and world champions Vadim Naumov, and Evgenia Shishkova.
The search for the bodies faced obstacles after the jet broke into three in the Potomac River. Not all of them had been recovered when divers stopped searching Thursday.
