MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – A pair of athletes with ties to Minot who competed at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas, over the weekend, were not on board the plane that crashed in Washington, DC Wednesday, and are safe at home in Colorado Springs.

After the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, some young athletes stayed a couple of additional days for further development.

"Several members" of the U.S. figure skating community were on American Airlines Flight 5342, according to U.S. Figure Skating.

Figure skating luminaries reacted Thursday to the deadly plane crash that claimed the lives of several youth figure skaters, their coaches, and their families.

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

Two young figure skaters, two of their parents and two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches were among those killed after an American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River.

Several members of the figure skating community have spoken out after several athletes and their families were involved in a plane crash

Several members' of the U.S. Figure Skating community were onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter over Washington, D.C., the governing body said in a statement.