Shishkova and Naumov, who are listed as coaches at the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, competed twice in the Olympics.

Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, who won the pairs title at the 1994 world championships and competed at the Winter Olympics twice, were aboard the plane, officials said.

Members of the U.S. figure skating community were traveling on the commercial jet that collided with a military helicopter outside Washington. They were returning from a training camp in Kansas.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov offered his condolences to the families and friends of Russians killed in the plane crash on Wednesday.

Former world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were aboard the flight from Wichita, which hosted last week’s U.S.championships.

The figure skating community has reacted with sorrow over the news that several members of U.S. figure skating were on board the passenger plane that crashed Wednesday night. The American Airlines passenger jet collided with an Army helicopter as it approached the runway at Reagan National Airport.

Figure skaters, their coaches and family members had been on a flight to Washington after the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas.

Several figure skaters, their coaches and family members had been on a flight to Washington after the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas.

The national U.S. body for figure skating said that “several members of our skating community” were on the regional jet that crashed after a midair collision with a helicopter near Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night.

Several passengers who were on the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night included figure skaters who were returning from the U.

Officials reported Thursday that all individuals aboard the American Airlines jet, which collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night over Washington, D.C., are feared dead.