DC plane crash victims: What we know about those on AA Flight 5342, Army Black Hawk

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Dozens of radical are dormant after a determination pitchy collided with an Army Black Hawk chopper Wednesday nighttime implicit Washington, D.C., officials said, the nation's first large commercialized hose crash since 2009.

The craft went down successful the frigid Potomac River, breaking into aggregate pieces. The formation -- which had departed from Wichita, Kansas -- was approaching Reagan National Airport astatine the clip of the collision, officials said.

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Samuel Lilley, Justyna Beyer and Brielle Beyer, and Ian Epstein. (Photos courtesy Tiffany Gibson/Andrew Beyer, Family of Ian Epstein)

There were nary survivors successful the crash, officials said Thursday.

There were 64 passengers aboard the plane, and 3 Army soldiers successful the helicopter, according to officials. The soldiers, nary of whom were elder leaders, were conducting a grooming mission, a defence authoritative said.

Among those mislaid successful the clang were 14 radical who were returning location from a nationalist fig skating improvement campy successful Wichita, according to Doug Zeghibe, the CEO and enforcement manager for the Skating Club of Boston.

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Fourteen members of the fig skating assemblage were killed successful the level crash, six of them from the Skating Club of Boston.

Six of the victims were affiliated with the Skating Club of Boston, Zeghibe said.

"Skating is simply a tight-knit assemblage wherever parents and kids travel unneurotic 6 oregon 7 days a week to bid and enactment together. Everyone is similar family," Zeghibe said successful a statement.

The U.S. Figure Skating enactment confirmed that "several members" of the skating assemblage had been connected the flight.

"We are devastated by this unspeakable calamity and clasp the victims' families intimately successful our hearts," the enactment said. "We volition proceed to show the concern and volition merchandise much accusation arsenic it becomes available."

Here's what we cognize astir the victims truthful far:

Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova

This photograph taken connected Feb. 24, 1996 shows Russian fig skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov performing astatine the Pairs lawsuit astatine the Figure Skating Championship finals successful Paris.

Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, a joined couple, were besides killed successful the crash, according to the Skating Club of Boston.

Naumov and Shishkova, who were fig skating coaches, were satellite champions successful pairs contention successful 1994.

They joined the nine successful 2017, Zeghibe said.

Jinna Han and Jin Han

Jinna Han, a fig skater, and Jin Han, her mother, were killed successful the crash, according to the Skating Club of Boston.

Spencer Lane and Christine Lane

Skater Spencer Lane and his mother, Christine Lane, were among the victims, the Skating Club of Boston said.

Doug Lane, Spencer's begetter and Christine's husband, told WCVB helium and his woman adopted Spencer from South Korea.

Spencer Lane, 16, "just had astonishing diversion abilities," and erstwhile helium got funny successful something, you couldn't halt him," his begetter said.

The teen decided to effort skating 3 years agone aft seeing Nathan Chen successful the Olympics and "committed himself to it," his dada said.

Christine Lane, 49, who worked arsenic a graphic designer, was "such a beauteous person" who "just connected with everyone," helium said. She had conscionable gotten her existent property license, and was besides a talented quilter and volunteered astatine a section carnal rescue, helium added.

His woman would "do everything for her children, including alert to Wichita, Kansas, for a week," Doug Lane said. "She conscionable gave parenting her all."

Alexandr Kirsanov

The wife of skating manager Alexandr Kirsanov confirmed to ABC News her hubby was connected the plane.

Natalya Gudin went connected to accidental Kirsanov was with 2 younker crystal skaters connected committee the flight.

"I mislaid everything. I mislaid my husband. I mislaid my students. I mislaid my friends," Gudin said.

Gudin, who besides coaches students with her hubby successful Delaware, said she stayed location to beryllium with their different skaters.

"We are hubby and wife," Gudin said. "We decided who's going, who's staying home," she said. "We decided helium would spell to the improvement camp."

Gudin past spoke with her hubby arsenic helium boarded the formation connected Wednesday, she said.

"I request my hubby back," Gudin said arsenic she waited astatine a edifice for further accusation from authorities. "I request his assemblage back."

Samuel Lilley

Samuel Lilley, the archetypal serviceman connected committee American Airlines Flight 5342, precocious got engaged, his sister, Tiffany Gibson, told ABC News.

"He was an astonishing person. He loved people. He loved adventure. He loved traveling. He was excited. He was young. He was truthful young, and helium was excited astir beingness and his aboriginal and getting a canine and a location and kids. And it's just, this is conscionable tragic," she said.

Samuel Lilley's erstwhile brother-in-law, Greg Gibson, remembered him for his passionateness for flying and willingness to assistance others.

Samuel Lilley died connected the aforesaid formation way his father, Timothy Lilley, flew for years. Timothy Lilley flew Black Hawk helicopters for the Army, transporting passengers implicit the Potomac River from his basal successful Virginia.

"We were stationed successful Virginia, and [Timothy Lilley] flew that aforesaid way backmost and distant to the Pentagon, implicit and implicit and implicit again until helium retired," Tiffany Gibson said.

Ryan O'Hara

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp identified 1 of the victims arsenic Ryan O'Hara.

Kemp offered his condolences to the household of some O'Hara and Lilley, who helium said were some from Georgia.

"Both of these young Georgians shared a passionateness for formation and for serving others, and this unspeakable calamity is that overmuch much hard knowing their lives were chopped truthful unexpectedly short," helium said successful an X post. "Marty, the girls, and I inquire that each Georgians articulation america successful keeping their loved ones successful our thoughts and prayers."

Ian Epstein

The household of Ian Epstein, the formation attendant onboard American Airlines Flight 5342, is remembering him arsenic a cherished father, husband, member and stepfather.

"Ian Epstein was afloat of life. He loved being a formation attendant due to the fact that helium genuinely enjoyed traveling and gathering caller people. But his existent emotion was his family. He was a father, a stepfather, a hubby and a brother! He volition beryllium genuinely missed. The household appreciates the outpouring of emotion and enactment weve received, but astatine this clip we would inquire for privateness arsenic we process and grieve our loss, his household said successful a statement.

Wendy Jo Shaffer

The household of 1 victim, Wendy Jo Shaffer, confirmed she had been connected the plane.

"We are devastated. Words cannot genuinely explicit what Wendy Jo meant arsenic a daughter, a sister, a friend, a woman and astir importantly, a mother. The household is requesting privateness astatine this time," the household said successful a statement.

Brielle and Justyna Beyer

Justyna Beyer, 42, and Brielle Beyeer, 12.

Brielle Beyer, 12, and her mother, 42-year-old Justyna, were some killed successful the crash, according to Andrew Beyer, Brielle's begetter and Justyna's husband.

Andrew is near with the couple's 6-year-old son, helium said.

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