Coach Alexandr Kirsanov and skaters Angela Yang and Sean Kay were on the plane, Kirsanov's wife, Natalia Gudin confirmed.

World champion Ilia Malinin leads by the largest margin in U.S. Figure Skating Championships history after the men’s short program, seeking a third consecutive national title.

Frenchman Adam Siao Him Fa paid tribute to the victims of the plane crash in the United States after taking the men's singles lead on a sombre Thursday at the European figure skating championships.Former Russian world pairs champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov and at least two other elite skating coaches,

Former winner Anastasiia Gubanova of Georgia took a slim lead in the women's singles at the European figure skating championships after Wednesday's short programme. Earlier, Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin posted the highest score in the pairs short programme.

Once again, figure skaters representing the past, present and future of the sport perished in a catastrophic plane crash.

Doug Zeghibe, CEO of The Skating Club of Boston, mourned the six members of his team who were killed in the Washington, D.C., plane crash Wednesday night. While lamenting the tragedy, he noted it’s also a devastating blow to the figure skating community.

Amber Glenn defended her title as the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, landing a massive triple axel early in the program and then watching in stressful anticipation as Alysa Liu came up just short of surpassing her.

In his fourth appearance at the senior championships, Malinin’s scores for the short program (114.08), free skate (219.23) and total (333.31) were all his national personal bests. Torgashev had 286.49 and bronze medalist Camden Pulkinen 252.92. “It was a pretty good performance,” Malinin said.

Ilia Malinin topped the Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships men's short program by the largest margin in history.

Dancing on Ice ’s Torvill and Dean have paid tribute to the 67 people, including figure skaters, who died after an army helicopter crashed into a plane in Washington DC on Wednesday.

A road in Chambersburg is closed, following a multi-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon. According to Franklin County dispatchers, the first calls came in around 3 p.m. for reports of a multi-vehicle crash on Wayne Avenue. Units from the Chambersburg Fire Department responded to the scene, and found two cars involved. Wayne Avenue is currently closed.