2 Boston Skaters, Coaches Feared Dead In D.C. Plane Crash

Update, Thursday, 12:15 p.m.: At least 28 bodies have been pulled from the frigid Potomac River waters after Flight 5342 crashed late Wednesday night. Officials said all passengers and crew aboard the American Airlines flight are presumed dead, bringing the suspected body count to 67.

"Our sport and this Club have suffered a horrible loss with this tragedy," Doug Zeghibe, executive director of The Skating Club of Boston, said. "Skating is a tight-knight community where parents and kids come together six or seven days a week to train or work together."

The athletes, coaches and parents aboard Flight 5342 were returning from the U.S. Figure Skating's National Development Camp in Wichita, KS.

The ones who were on the flight, all presumed dead, were:

• Jinna Han, athlete
• Jin Han (mother of Jinna)
• Spencer Lane, athlete
• Christine Lane (mother of Spencer)
• Vadim Naumov, coach
• Evgenia Shishkova, coach

More details are available here: MD Divers Search Potomac For Bodies After D.C. Plane Crash.

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MASSACHUSETTS - A pair of coaches from The Skating Club of Boston are reported to be among the 67 passengers feared dead after a mid-air collision in Washington D.C. last night. During a briefing this morning, the executive director of the Skating Club of Boston, Doug Zeghibe, said six of its members were on the flight: two coaches, two teenage athletes and the athletes' mothers.

Zeghibe said the skaters on the flight were Jinna Han and Spencer Lane, accompanied by their mothers, Jin Han and Christine Lane. The coaches were identified as Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.

Shishkova and Naumov were former pairs figure skating world champions. They won titles at the 1994 world championships in Chiba Japan and competed twice in the Olympics.

Their son, Maxim Naumov, is a competitive figure skater for the U.S. He competed at the U.S. Championships in Kansas in the senior men's event, placed fourth and traveled home Sunday aboard the same plane as Zeghibe, according to the Boston Globe.

He is scheduled to skate in the Four Continents championship after next week. Max is also an alternate for the world championships at TD Garden toward the end of March.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.